A compensation policy for farmland construction and protection is expected to be established to improve farmland quality

Next year, the Ministry of Agriculture will vigorously promote the protection and improvement of farmland quality, with soil fertility enhancement, soil improvement, nutrient balance, and quality restoration as the main content, and with built-up areas of high-standard farmland projects, farmland project areas for balancing occupation and supplement, and areas with prominent farmland quality problems as the implementation priorities, focusing on improving farmland quality.

The Ministry of Agriculture stated that it is necessary to explore and promote the establishment of a compensation policy for farmland construction and protection, to provide funding guarantee for the construction of farmland quality. Centering on achieving the quality and safety of agricultural products and agricultural ecological security, improve the level of field facilities and the basic fertility of farmland, improve the farmland quality environment, and ensure that by 2020, 800 million mu of contiguous, high-standard farmland with stable yields despite drought or excessive rain is built; the basic fertility of farmland is increased by 0.5 grades, and the soil organic matter content is increased by 0.5 percentage points; the utilization rate of organic fertilizer resources is increased by 20 percentage points, straw return to the field reaches 80%, zero growth in the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers is achieved, and problems such as farmland acidification, salinization, and pollution are effectively controlled.