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This year, the central government invested 4.5 billion yuan to promote the accelerated development of agricultural production trusteeship

In recent years, with the in-depth advancement of modern agriculture, diversified service organizations have flourished, and agricultural production trusteeship has emerged. This model can provide farmers with "nanny" services from planting to management, from technical services to the supply of agricultural materials, etc. This effectively solves the problems of land abandonment and extensive management. Especially in the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, a large number of production trusteeship service organizations provide farmers with production trusteeship services, reducing the risk of farmers being concentrated on the land and ensuring the smooth development of agricultural production.

With the deepening of urbanization, the transfer of agricultural labor has been accelerating. In the future, who will plant the land and how will it be planted has become a question that society must answer. In order to solve this problem, agricultural production trusteeship came into being. This model can provide farmers with "nanny" services from planting to management, from technical services to the supply of agricultural materials, and effectively solve the problem of rural farming difficulties.

Especially this year, "Nanny Tian" ushered in greater policy support. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that the central government will invest 4.5 billion yuan this year to carry out agricultural production trust projects in 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities to promote the accelerated development of agricultural production trusts.

How the hosting service is developed

"Agricultural production trusteeship is to entrust the work links of farming, planting, prevention, and harvesting to social service organizations without transferring land management rights, so that professional people can do professional work." Vice President, China Rural Research Institute, Tsinghua University Dean Zhang Hongyu said that the agricultural production trusteeship effectively solves the problems of land abandonment and extensive management. It can free old farmers from heavy labor, and let young laborers feel at ease to go out to work. Bad things.

According to Zhang Tianzuo, Director of the Cooperative Economic Guidance Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in 2019, the national production and trusteeship service area exceeded 1.5 billion mu, of which the area of food crops served reached 860 million mu. The service has driven more than 60 million small farmers, accounting for 30% of the country's agricultural business households.

Practice has shown that through centralized procurement, standard operations, unified services, order purchases, etc., agricultural materialization costs and production costs can be effectively reduced. A quantitative analysis of a total of 875 trusteeship cases in 19 provinces showed that farmers who took full trusteeship, including labor costs, saved 356.05 yuan in cost and efficiency per mu for wheat, and 388.84 yuan in cost and efficiency per mu for corn.

In Jiangxi Province, a large rice province, the agricultural production trust service area in Luxi County has exceeded 708,500 mu, of which the area of grain crops is 529,600 mu. There are 163 trustee service organizations, serving 22,800 small farmers. “Now the farming work has been fully contracted by the cooperatives, which can make farmers worry less and stabilize the output.” said Peng Wenxin, the head of the Xinquan Annong Agricultural Service Cooperative. “This year there is a lot of rain and it is difficult to dry the grain. We have added drying equipment. , It can dry 20 tons per day, which is impossible for a single farmer."

In Shanxi Province, a major grain province, some farmers in Nanyanzhu Town, Shouyang County are very leisurely when the autumn harvest is busy. This leisure comes from agricultural production trusteeship. According to Wang Hailong, the head of the Jinsui Planting Cooperative, the trusteeship enables farmers to achieve "one land and three income": first, the trustee guarantees the minimum income; the second is the income generated by the cooperative's unified purchase and sale of production materials; and the third is the income of the remaining labor after the trusteeship.

At present, more than 1,000 acres of land in Jijiaping Village of the town are entrusted to the cooperative to develop the millet industry and realize the transformation of millet production from manual to mechanization. Compared with traditional planting methods, it saves 4 to 6 labors per mu.

How to meet farmers' needs

The reporter learned that the current agricultural production trusteeship still faces problems such as weak service body capabilities and insufficient service areas. Some farmers have concerns when paying service fees, and some farmers have concerns about service quality. In response to problems such as the poor connection between the supply and demand of agricultural socialization services, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized the development of the China Agricultural Socialization Service Platform at the end of last year. This year, Shanxi, Anhui, and Shandong will carry out whole-province pilot projects, and other provinces will start whole-county pilot projects in project counties.

“Custody service is a new thing. Many farmers have concerns or lack of funds when paying service fees. We have launched agricultural production trust loan products in conjunction with the Lanxi County Government of Heilongjiang Province. After farmers and service organizations sign a trusteeship service contract, they can You need to apply to the bank to pay the service fee for this product, and the loan will be issued directly to the service organization account." Zou Xun, deputy governor of the Heilongjiang branch of China Construction Bank, lobbied that in March this year, the bank issued the first 200,000 yuan of agricultural production to farmers in Lanxi County. Custody loan, this is the country's first agricultural production trust loan product. At present, the bank has issued 27.5 million yuan in agricultural production trusteeship loans in Lanxi County, covering 80,000 mu of trusteeship area.

Liaoning Wanying Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. is the largest corn production socialized service company in Northeast China. The corn entrusted area has increased from 800 mu in 2013 to 127,000 mu in 2019. The general manager of the company, Han Zhuo, said: "We signed a "Planting Service Contract" with our customers and provided full docking services. Each piece of land under trust has a corresponding QR code, and customers can scan the code at any time to understand the progress of the service. The company will also Establish experimental demonstration fields in different areas, organize on-site activities such as planting, plant protection, and production testing, so that farmers can witness the emergence rate, field management, and yield indicators of the managed plots."

How can we better meet the needs of farmers? In this regard, industry experts said that it is necessary to be guided by the needs of farmers. For areas where farmers are more willing to operate, they can start with the promotion of single-link trusteeship, and gradually cultivate farmers to transform their production and operation methods; for areas with a high degree of agricultural labor transfer, Can focus on promoting key links integrated custody, full-process custody and other models. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the price guidance of custody services, adhere to the principle of market pricing, and prevent price fraud and monopoly. Promote the use of model contract texts, standardize service behaviors, ensure service quality, and protect the rights and interests of farmers.

How to cultivate service subjects

According to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, as of the end of 2019, the total number of agricultural social service organizations in the country reached 893,000, and various social service organizations are competing for development. Among them, the number of professional agricultural service households is the largest, accounting for 1/2 of the total number of service entities in the country. Although the single service scale is not large, it is closest to farmers; the service-oriented farmer cooperative has the largest service scale, driving the largest number of small farmers, reaching more than 50 million The number of service-oriented enterprises is small, but the service driving ability is the strongest. The average service target of a single enterprise is 530 (households), and the degree of specialization and standardization of services is relatively high.

Yu Yongde, the second-level inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Shandong Province, said that agricultural service-oriented enterprises are roughly divided into three categories. The first is to start with the supply and marketing of production materials. For example, Sinochem Agriculture has transformed its agricultural material sales channel into a service channel to connect with local agricultural machinery and expert services. The second is based on agricultural machinery operations. For example, various agricultural machinery cooperatives aggregate production materials such as fertilizers and medicines on the basis of their own machinery. The third is to start with the promotion of agricultural science and technology. For example, relying on the agricultural information platform to aggregate agricultural materials such as fertilizers and medicines and agricultural machinery operations, implement various planting standard programs to achieve online and offline integration.

For service entities, choosing a good custody link and method is the key to success or failure. Pu Hei, the mayor of Liangping District, Chongqing City, said that in determining the trusteeship links, it is necessary to select the key or weak links that the farmers cannot and are not cost-effective to provide production services. In terms of determining the trusteeship method, two "menus" of full trusteeship and semi-trusteeship can be provided to allow farmers to choose freely. Taking Liangping District as an example, the full trusteeship of rice includes seeds, pesticides, and "cultivation and harvest prevention" services, and the charge is 450 yuan per mu; the semi-trustee only provides "cultivation and harvest prevention" services, and the charge is 280 yuan per acre.

"From the past situation, the enthusiasm of the service entities for small farmers, weak links, and low public awareness is not high. This requires the government to adjust through economic means." Zhang Tianzuo said that the central fiscal project mainly supports The production trusteeship service of smallholders focuses on supporting the key weaknesses of large initial investment, high operating costs, insignificant short-term benefits, and low enthusiasm of the masses, so as to accelerate the cultivation of the trusteeship service market and continuously improve the coverage of production trusteeship for smallholders .

Ministry of Commerce: China has become Germany's largest trading partner for four consecutive years

At the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce on October 22, the press spokesperson Gao Feng said: China and Germany are highly complementary in economy, have a wide range of cooperation and have great potential.

Gao Feng said that Germany is China's largest trading partner in Europe. According to German statistics, China has become Germany's largest trading partner for four consecutive years. In the second quarter of this year, China became Germany's largest export market for the first time. The two parties have broad space for cooperation not only in the field of traditional manufacturing, but also in new fields such as digital economy, green environmental protection, industrial Internet, new energy vehicles, and artificial intelligence.

Gao Feng said that we will work with Germany to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, deeply tap the cooperation potential of the two sides in various fields, jointly firmly defend the multilateral trading system, oppose protectionism, and maintain the security and stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain. Promote the construction of an open world economy.