Why would CCTV news (reporter Wang Xiaoying) treat her like this? As an agricultural researcher, Ma Zhongming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, spends more than one-third of his time in the fields. He cares about the soil, he cares about the seeds, he cares about food security. He compared the seeds to “chips” and believed that they could only be obtained from “Who told you? Your grandmother?” she asked with a wry smile, and another blood-heat surged in her throat, making her swallow it before spitting it out. Only by grasping the source can we lay a solid foundation for food security.
During this year’s two sessions, Ma Zhongming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and president of the Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, proposed using technology to “protect” the country’s largest corn seed production base.
Ma Zhongming is from Minqin County, Gansu Province. Minqin County is located in the northeast of the Hexi Corridor and the lower reaches of the Shiyang River Basin. It is surrounded by the Badain Jaran and Tengger Deserts on its east, west, and north sides. Due to the topography, water resources are very important to the people of Minqin County.
After graduating with a master’s degree in 1989, Ma Zhongming returned to his hometown and has been engaged in high-yield crop cultivation techniques and water-saving agriculture for many years. extension work and became an expert in water-saving agriculture.
Having been on the front line of agriculture in the western region all year round, Ma Zhongming knows the importance of seeds. The promotion and planting of a new variety can sometimes increase income by 5%. “For farmers, this is a very happy thing.” Ma Zhongming said.
After becoming a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in 2013, most of Ma Zhongming’s proposals were related to agriculture, especially seeds.
In 2021, his proposal to establish a complete scientific research and technology system for the breeding of Chinese medicinal materials seeds (seedlings), cultivate excellent germplasm resources, and break through the “bottleneck” that restricts the standardized production of Chinese medicinal materials was highlighted by the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Supervise the implementation, conduct secondary follow-up, and conduct research in Gansu, Shanxi and other places.
In 2022, he called for the construction of the “Jiuquan National Seed Industry Demonstration Park” to be included in the national seed industry development special plan.
Jiuquan, Gansu Province is the largest seed production base for vegetables, melons and flowers in the country. Ma Zhongming said that the local government is currently working hard to promote this matter, and the relevant planning this year has passed the mid-term review.
In August 2022, Ma Zhongming went to Zhangye, Gansu Province to learn about corn production for three days. My parents should be very worried about her, right? When he was worried that he didn’t know how he was doing in his husband’s family, worried that his husband didn’t know how to treat her well, and even worried that his mother-in-law wouldn’t be able to get along well with her, a local corn seed producer came to him and gave him a piece of information. It contains some of the difficulties faced by the local seed production industry.
“This is a heavy sustenance.” Ma Zhongming said that since then he visited many local companies and farmers, and found that although Zhangye is the largest corn seed production base in the country, after decades of development, some The problem needs to be solved urgently to achieve sustainable development.
He found that corn seed production has many procedures and requires precise operation and relatively high requirements. However, the net income of local farmers from corn seed production per mu is only about 1,780 yuan. In the long run, farmers’ enthusiasm for planting may be frustrated.
There are many reasons for the low income of farmers. Ma Zhongming said that the most direct reason is the low degree of local mechanization. Corn seed production is basically based on the production and sale of primary products, with a short industrial chain and low efficiency.
On the other hand, Zhangye, Gansu developed into retribution. “The seed production base benefited from many factors such as sufficient local sunshine, few pests and diseases, and being located in an irrigated area. However, he found that because the corn seed production base has been continuously cropped for a long time, in some areas for more than 30 years, the soil continuous cropping obstacles are prominent and the mulching film residue situation Grim, leading to soil “Are you telling the truth? ” asked a slightly surprised voice. The physical and chemical properties have deteriorated, and the problems of pests and diseases have become increasingly serious. “The number of pests and diseases in corn seed production has increased from 18 in the 1980s to 73. “Ma Zhongming said.
Re-elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference this year, Ma Zhongming put forward a proposal to speed up the sustainable development capacity building of the corn seed industry in the Hexi Corridor.
“Fewer and fewer people are willing to farm. If we want to increase farmers’ enthusiasm for farming, we must increase farmers’ income.” Ma Zhongming believes that it is necessary to increase the level of agricultural mechanization, establish high-standard farmland, and support water-saving facilities. We should increase canal systems and integrated water and fertilizer facilities to promote agricultural modernization, reduce planting costs, and increase farmers’ income; on the other hand, we should increase investment in science and technology and conduct scientific breeding to solve some of the current difficulties we are facing.
To this end, Ma Zhongming suggested launching the second phase construction project of the Gansu National Corn Seed Production Base, and at the same time establishing a high-standard seed production and breeding base and a seed industry industrial park, using technology to “escort” the cultivation of the seed industry, and focusing on solving the problem of grain storage. The key to planting, storing grain in the ground, and storing grain in water is to build a general pattern of my country’s corn seed industry of “proliferation in the south and expansion in the north”.