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China will ensure crop production, develop seed industry and strengthen agricultural land protection in 2021 to promote rural vitalization and accelerate agricultural and rural modernization, the country’s agriculture minister said.
China will strive to ensure that agricultural production exceeds 650 billion kg this year in a bid to secure the nation’s food supply, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian.
To shore up the seed industry, China will begin research on core technologies, launch major projects for organic farming, and establish seed groups of crops and marine fish and livestock species, Tang said.
In the period 2021-2022, 100 million mu (about 6.66 million hectares) of high-level agricultural land will be built each year, Tang said.
The ministry will also make efforts to modernize rural industrial and supply chains, stabilize the recovery of pig production and improve the quality and safety of agricultural products, Tang said.
