In Zhaogang Village, Dianbu Town, Feidong County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, in a thousand mu demonstration field of rice, just after the seedlings were planted, grain grower Zhao Changming beamed: "Last year, agricultural experts helped select 'Liangyou 517' rice seed, with an output of 1480 kg per mu. This year, I will continue to plant it."
Strong farming requires strong planting. Hefei worked hard to create a highland of seed industry innovation. Last year, the sales revenue of the city's seed industry exceeded 11 billion yuan, an increase of more than 10% year on year; The number of certified seed enterprises increased to 253, of which 6 were selected as national seed industry formation enterprises; The export volume of hybrid rice seeds has ranked first among provincial capital cities in China for five consecutive years.
From "satisfying quantity" to "improving quality", improve the coverage of improved varieties
Why is "Liangyou 517" rice favored by farmers?
Zhang Erpeng, president of Hefei Fengle Seed Industry Rice Research Institute, said the reason: "'Liangyou 517' is a new variety bred by Fengle Seed Industry in cooperation with the Rice Research Institute of Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with high yield, high temperature resistance and excellent rice quality."
Luo Yunfeng, Mayor of Hefei, said that the revitalization of the seed industry will be implemented and a blueprint will be drawn to the end. Hefei will make every effort to promote the high-quality development of the whole industry chain of modern seed industry and strive for greater achievements in stabilizing China's job and maintaining food security.
Following Zhang Conghe, chief technical officer of Anhui Tsuen Yin High tech Seed Co., Ltd., the reporter came to the company's Nangang base test field. On a ridge, Zhang Conghe stopped: "This is a new rice variety 'Zhenxiangyou 66' that we are cultivating. It not only has stable yield, high yield, strong resistance, but also has unique taste and flavor."
Zhang Conghe introduced that in the past, they mainly focused on increasing output. With the continuous upgrading of China's per capita income and people's consumption, the scientific research direction of seed industry has gradually changed from "satisfying quantity" to "improving quality" in recent years.
"What kind of rice is soft and delicious when boiled, and what kind of rice core is hard, we are just looking for the answer from experiments." In the molecular breeding laboratory of Tsunyin High Tech, Zhang Qin, vice chairman of the company, told reporters that the company and its holding subsidiaries have independently bred or jointly bred 64 new hybrid rice varieties, 8 new hybrid corn varieties and 1 new cotton variety.
Good planting, more grain, good grain. Kong Xianghuan, a large planter in Xinhua Village, Fengle Town, Feixi County, Hefei City, is busy with field management after transplanting seedlings. In the past two years, with the recommendation of the local agricultural technology station, he planted "Quanliangyou 2118" rice, which not only has high and stable yield, but also is resistant to disease and lodging
In recent years, Hefei has increased policy support, strengthened innovation leadership, and accelerated the upgrading of high-quality specialty varieties. Among them, Hefei issued a clear opinion in 2021 that the new varieties of crops, livestock and poultry, and aquatic products approved by the state or Anhui Province will be given a one-time reward of 20000 to 1 million yuan if they meet certain conditions. Good policies have stimulated the innovative momentum of the new quality productivity of the seed industry. At the 15th China International Seed Industry Expo and the 20th National Seed Information Exchange and Product Trade Fair held in September last year, more than half of the 66 varieties selected in the "National Seed Double Trade Fair to display excellent varieties with comprehensive performance" came from Hefei.
Liu Zhengyi, Director of Hefei Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said, "Next, Hefei will speed up the implementation of the project of joint research on breeding, and strive to cultivate 10 breakthrough varieties with high yield, high quality, high efficiency and multi resistance with independent intellectual property rights by 2025; major agricultural items will be upgraded once, and the coverage rate of improved varieties will be stable at more than 98%."
Integrated development of the whole industry chain to stimulate new momentum
After working hard for most of the day, Tang Dezhi, the head of Tang Dezhi Family Farm in Badou Town, Feidong County, sat at the edge of the field to rest. "New seeds are good. This seedling is a high-yield variety. With it, we farmers will have the confidence to win a good harvest of food."
Tang Dezhi said that the new seed is the "Haoliangyou 729" developed by Anhui Guohao Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. "The rice is resistant to diseases and pests, and the quality is good. Last year I selected this new variety, and I received an extra 200 jin per mu," said Tang Dezhi.
Behind the good harvest is the accelerated integration and development of the whole industry chain of Hefei seed industry.
We should strengthen the source advantage of seed industry chain and expand the chain.
In the breeding base of Changfeng County, Zhu Xianfei, the technical director of Guohao Company, is conducting DNA identification of hybrid rice varieties in the laboratory. "If there are hybrid plants or the purity of parents is not enough, the results will show up. A slight change may lead to unstable seed quality."
Good seeds go out of the laboratory and take root in the field. These days, Yu Honggen, the production director of Guohao Company, is guiding the harvesting of rape at the production base in Xiage Town, Chaohu City
The seed industry is integrated and developed to strengthen the chain.
In order to promote the integrated development of the whole industrial chain, Guohao has established Anhui Geruin Grain and Oil Technology Co., Ltd. to carry out grain recycling, processing and sales.
"Our goal is to extend from seeds to rice and rape, then to rice and edible oil, and create a whole industrial chain from seeds to spoons," said Han Renchang, chairman of Guohao, "Through the integrated development of the whole industry chain, enrich product types, and promote seeds based on the order sales model, the enthusiasm of food and agriculture production will be further improved, and the economic benefits of enterprises and their ability to withstand market risks will also be improved."
Policy support to stimulate new momentum in the whole industry chain of seed industry.
Hefei regards modern seed industry as a key industry. Since 2022, it has set up a special fund of 100 million yuan for the construction and development of seed industry every year, and set up a fund of 500 million yuan for the construction of the seed industry capital and the development of science and technology to strengthen agriculture. Real gold and silver support the development of seed industry and drive more social capital to invest in the seed industry.
"To promote the aggregation of elements in the whole industry chain of the seed industry, we need to take real and practical measures." Luo Yunfeng said that to create a highland of innovation in the seed industry, Hefei should give full play to the role of financial funds to guide and leverage, and continue to increase support for the seed industry and enterprises; Encourage leading enterprises in seed industry to merge and reorganize, and guide resources, technology, talents, capital and other factors to gather in advantageous enterprises; Support seed enterprises to expand the market and increase the global market share; Support seed enterprises to order planting, and promote the development of "seed grain integration".
Strengthen R&D and innovation, accelerate seed industry revitalization
Early in the morning, Ben Xiulian, a major strawberry planter in Huatang Village, Changfeng County, was busy in the greenhouse
Ning Zhiren, the relevant person in charge of the Horticultural Institute of Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that the "Changfeng Ruby" was jointly developed by the Institute and the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Changfeng County. It was successfully trial planted last year. From the performance of multi-point experiments and demonstration cultivation, it has stable properties and obvious advantages. "The plant is strong, suitable for green and organic planting, and the fruit is precocious, good in appearance and taste, which is very popular in the market."
Hou Chunwang, the head of the operation station of Changfeng County Agricultural Technology Popularization Center, said, "The 'Changfeng Ruby' has a very strong fragrance, strong resistance to disease, and is less difficult to raise seedlings. The yield can reach 2000 kg per mu."
The continuous introduction of good varieties to the market is the fruitful result of Hefei's efforts to accelerate the revitalization of the seed industry.
R&D innovation is the key to promote seed industry revitalization.
Last year, Hefei municipal finance specially allocated 5 million yuan to support seed industry enterprises to cooperate with biological breeding institutions, scientific research institutes, and colleges and universities to carry out joint research on improved varieties and research on biological breeding technology, and select breakthrough varieties that are close to or reach the world-class level. "Last year, the city added 8 new varieties of major crops approved by the state, accounting for 42% of the province's total; 18 new varieties of major crops approved by the province, accounting for 30% of the province's total," said Gao Canhong, deputy director of Hefei Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
To promote the development of seed industry, we should strengthen top-level design.
In recent years, Hefei has adhered to the "five kinds" of seed conservation, seed protection, breeding, introduction and seed use, and made every effort to promote the development of the whole industry chain of modern seed industry and create a high-quality innovation highland of seed industry.
"We constantly optimize the institutional environment for the development of modern seed industry from the aspects of resource protection and utilization, independent innovation, strengthening enterprises, and optimizing the environment." Liu Zhengyi introduced that Hefei increased its efforts to support enterprises to establish large-scale commercial R&D platforms and innovation consortia, promote the gathering of resources, talents, and capital, support the development of competitive enterprises, and improve variety R&D The modernization level of the whole chain of seed industry for product development and industrial application.
Promote independent innovation, and carry out the technical breakthrough of "choking" provenance.
We will continue to promote joint research and genetic improvement plans for improved varieties. Hefei will tap useful genes, create breakthrough germplasm, and promote the seed industry's scientific and technological self-reliance. Smart Agricultural Valley has been approved to build "Anhui Technology Innovation Center for Agricultural Sensors and Intelligent Perception", and Hefei Institute of Material Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has created "Intelligent Breeding Accelerator" and been approved as "New R&D Organization", focusing on cultivating major new varieties such as high-quality functional rice, high-quality water-saving wheat, drought tolerant and machine harvesting maize, high-quality protein maize, high-yield and high protein soybeans. At present, the breeding level of two-line hybrid rice, disease resistant wheat, watermelon, pumpkin and other fields in the city has reached the leading level in China, while rape hybrid breeding, vegetable breeding, rice functional gene exploration and utilization have reached the advanced level in China.
"One seed, one harvest. Holding the leading varieties firmly in their own hands, Hefei seed industry has been constantly accumulating advantages to accelerate the high-quality development of the seed industry." Gao Canhong said. Reporter Wu Yan, Xu Jing, Li Junjie
People's Daily (May 24, 2024, 18th Edition)
