National integrated pest control and green prevention and control pilot achieves remarkable results
On October 16, the Ministry of Agriculture held in Changsha City the National Summary and Exchange Meeting on the Integrated Advancement of Specialized Unified Prevention and Control and Green Prevention and Control of Crop Pests and Diseases. The meeting summarized and exchanged the pilot results and experience of integrated advancement in various regions, clarified the development approach and target tasks, and proposed measures to accelerate integrated advancement.
Unified prevention and control is an innovation in the organizational mode of pest and disease control, while green prevention and control is an innovation in the technical system of pest and disease control. Integrated advancement of the two means that in the process of unified prevention and control, green prevention and control measures such as physical control, biological control, and ecological control are widely adopted; in the process of green prevention and control, the role of unified prevention and control organizations and new agricultural production and operation entities is fully brought into play, with unified organization and implementation, effectively raising the level of organization and scientific management of pest and disease prevention and control, reducing the amount of chemical pesticides used, safeguarding agricultural production, the quality of agricultural products, and ecological and environmental safety, and promoting sustainable agricultural development.
This year, the Ministry of Agriculture organized and carried out pilots for the integrated advancement of unified prevention and control and green prevention and control of pests and diseases in 10 crops, including rice, wheat, corn, vegetables, and fruits, in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country. Judging from conditions in various regions, the pilot results are very obvious.First, a set of technical models has been integrated. Various regions, adapted to local conditions, integrated comprehensive pest and disease management models suitable for different crops that are economically practical, simple and easy to implement, and highly operable, laying the foundation for large-scale promotion and application.Second, pesticide reduction and pest control are remarkable. The demonstration areas reduced the amount of chemical pesticides used by 20-30%, the farmland ecological environment improved markedly, and the populations of natural enemies increased noticeably.Third, cost savings and efficiency gains are remarkable. The demonstration areas increased yield by more than 8% per mu, saved costs and increased efficiency by 150-200 yuan, and the quality of agricultural products met national food safety standards.Fourth, the demonstration-driven effect is remarkable. This year, 538 demonstration areas were established, with a demonstration area of 9.2 million mu, radiating and driving 71.6 million mu.
The meeting proposed that all regions should, in accordance with the principle of "government support, market operation, multiple entities, professional services," establish a batch of demonstration areas, integrate a batch of applicable technologies, and cultivate a batch of implementing entities, drive large-scale promotion and application, realize comprehensive pest and disease management and pesticide reduction and pest control, and promote high and stable agricultural yields and green, sustainable development. Strive to achieve by 2020 a coverage rate of more than 30% for the integrated advancement of unified prevention and control and green prevention and control nationwide, with full coverage achieved in high-yield creation demonstration plots for crops such as grain, cotton, oil, and sugar, and standard orchards for horticultural crops; the amount of chemical pesticides used in demonstration areas should fall by more than 20%, the quality of agricultural products should meet national food safety standards, and the ecological environment and biodiversity should improve markedly.
The meeting required that agricultural plant protection departments at all levels must attach great importance to this, take integrated advancement as an important lever for plant protection work in the new era, and truly grasp it firmly and do it well.First, make full use of subsidy funds for pest and disease prevention and control, combine them with the implementation of projects such as high-yield creation and standard orchard creation, strive for incremental fiscal funding, and mobilize social resources to increase support.Second, be oriented toward solving practical production problems, strengthen collaborative research by agriculture, education, and enterprises, optimize and mature, assemble and integrate comprehensive pest and disease management technologies and materialized products, and form operating procedures; Third, make cultivating implementing entities the top priority of integrated advancement, not only supporting new agricultural production and operation entities to independently carry out integrated advancement, but also supporting specialized prevention and control organizations to carry out unified prevention and control and green prevention and control services, forming a diversified pattern of integrated advancement; Fourth, focus on building 218 demonstration areas for the integrated advancement of unified prevention and control and green prevention and control, gradually expand to high-yield creation demonstration plots, standard orchards for horticultural crops, and "three products and one standard" bases, and radiate and drive large-scale comprehensive pest and disease management and pesticide reduction and pest control.