Breeding seedlings on demand: farmers can grow whatever they want to plant
In recent years, the state has strongly supported the development of the national seed industry, issuing multiple documents and formulating multiple policies to push the national seed industry toward takeoff, and the dominant position of enterprises has gradually been clarified and strengthened. Yet since the founding of our country, a very large portion of scientific research investment has been placed in research institutes
In recent years, the state has strongly supported the development of the national seed industry, issuing multiple documents and formulating multiple policies to push the national seed industry toward takeoff, and the dominant position of enterprises has gradually been clarified and strengthened. Yet since the founding of our country, a very large portion of scientific research investment has been placed in research institutes and universities, and much of the cultivation of expert talent, the purchase of experimental equipment, and the collection and storage of germplasm resources is concentrated in research institutes and universities. Their research results and the superior varieties they have bred have made indelible contributions to our country's food security and agricultural development.
With the advancement of the deepening institutional reform of the seed industry, enterprises mainly engage in commercial breeding, while research institutes and universities focus on basic and public-interest research. The advancement of such a clear division of labor has left those breeders in research institutes and universities somewhat “at a loss as to what to do.” In the article "Comprehensively Deepening Institutional Reform and Accelerating the Development of Modern Seed Industry," Vice Premier Wang Yang of the State Council pointed out: the key is to promote the orderly flow of talent, technology, and resources from research institutes and higher education institutions to enterprises in accordance with the law.
This phrase “orderly flow to enterprises in accordance with the law” seems to have become the answer to the breeders' question of “where should we go?” Taking enterprises as the main body and the market as the guide is the general direction for the future development of the national seed industry. In the past, whatever breeders bred, enterprises promoted, and farmers planted. Now it must be reversed: whatever farmers want to plant, enterprises promote, and breeders must breed. In this way, breeders can only grasp what farmers think and breed what farmers need by establishing close ties with enterprises and going deep into the market.
When researchers go to enterprises, what about the researchers' concerns? Are there guarantees? For this reason, local governments have also racked their brains and done all they can, introducing many favorable policies: some retain their original unit position and professional title, some allow unconditional return to the original unit within a few years, and some permit part-time work. The successive introduction of these policies is all telling researchers: go with confidence and boldness!
While researchers enjoy favorable policies from all sides and go to enterprises to start businesses, it is even more important to breed good varieties with market potential, promotion value, and popularity among farmers. Whether one chooses to stay in research institutes and universities to engage in basic and public-interest research, or rides the spring breeze of policy to go to enterprises to continue breeding research and development, one must continuously strengthen the training and improvement of one's own cultivation and abilities. As long as it is gold, it can shine anywhere.
With the advancement of the deepening institutional reform of the seed industry, enterprises mainly engage in commercial breeding, while research institutes and universities focus on basic and public-interest research. The advancement of such a clear division of labor has left those breeders in research institutes and universities somewhat “at a loss as to what to do.” In the article "Comprehensively Deepening Institutional Reform and Accelerating the Development of Modern Seed Industry," Vice Premier Wang Yang of the State Council pointed out: the key is to promote the orderly flow of talent, technology, and resources from research institutes and higher education institutions to enterprises in accordance with the law.
This phrase “orderly flow to enterprises in accordance with the law” seems to have become the answer to the breeders' question of “where should we go?” Taking enterprises as the main body and the market as the guide is the general direction for the future development of the national seed industry. In the past, whatever breeders bred, enterprises promoted, and farmers planted. Now it must be reversed: whatever farmers want to plant, enterprises promote, and breeders must breed. In this way, breeders can only grasp what farmers think and breed what farmers need by establishing close ties with enterprises and going deep into the market.
When researchers go to enterprises, what about the researchers' concerns? Are there guarantees? For this reason, local governments have also racked their brains and done all they can, introducing many favorable policies: some retain their original unit position and professional title, some allow unconditional return to the original unit within a few years, and some permit part-time work. The successive introduction of these policies is all telling researchers: go with confidence and boldness!
While researchers enjoy favorable policies from all sides and go to enterprises to start businesses, it is even more important to breed good varieties with market potential, promotion value, and popularity among farmers. Whether one chooses to stay in research institutes and universities to engage in basic and public-interest research, or rides the spring breeze of policy to go to enterprises to continue breeding research and development, one must continuously strengthen the training and improvement of one's own cultivation and abilities. As long as it is gold, it can shine anywhere.