Wen inspects harvest efforts
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March 19, 2012, Monday
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Premier Wen Jiabao visited central China's Henan Province at the weekend to inspect the country's major farming base and rally efforts for this year's grain harvest.
It was his ninth visit to the province since he became premier in 2003.
He examined fields and visited farmers and research institutions.
Wheat planting covers more than 79.9 million mu (5.33 million hectares) of farmland in Henan, including 60.84 million mu of high-quality wheat.
Wen said efforts should be made to use technology to its full advantage, enhance management and ensure disaster prevention plans are in place.
In Xiaoshi, a village in Linying County, Wen heard from a local agricultural professor that rain and low temperatures since December had contributed to the sound growth of wheat sprouts.
Wen said that farmers' hard work and guidance offered by agricultural experts were key to the harvest.
He told villagers that the minimum purchasing price for wheat will continue to increase this year, and that the government will continue to offer oil subsidies if international oil prices increase.
After hearing about the introduction of large farming machinery and watching a demonstration of a remote controlled plane for agricultural use, the premier encouraged researchers to boost technological innovation and the use of farm machinery, so as to guarantee greater production.
"The fundamental way out for agricultural development lies in technology," Wen said.
"Machinery farming is an irreversible trend, as more and more young farmers choose to work in cities," he said.
Farming technology schools should be improved so that better educated farmers could become "new-generation farmers," he said.
Wen also called for improving public services in rural areas.
At one villager's home, he promised to increase pensions and agricultural subsidies.
"Agricultural modernization should not be forgotten during industrialization and urbanization; farmers and the countryside should not be forgotten in developing cities and industries," he said.
It was his ninth visit to the province since he became premier in 2003.
He examined fields and visited farmers and research institutions.
Wheat planting covers more than 79.9 million mu (5.33 million hectares) of farmland in Henan, including 60.84 million mu of high-quality wheat.
Wen said efforts should be made to use technology to its full advantage, enhance management and ensure disaster prevention plans are in place.
In Xiaoshi, a village in Linying County, Wen heard from a local agricultural professor that rain and low temperatures since December had contributed to the sound growth of wheat sprouts.
Wen said that farmers' hard work and guidance offered by agricultural experts were key to the harvest.
He told villagers that the minimum purchasing price for wheat will continue to increase this year, and that the government will continue to offer oil subsidies if international oil prices increase.
After hearing about the introduction of large farming machinery and watching a demonstration of a remote controlled plane for agricultural use, the premier encouraged researchers to boost technological innovation and the use of farm machinery, so as to guarantee greater production.
"The fundamental way out for agricultural development lies in technology," Wen said.
"Machinery farming is an irreversible trend, as more and more young farmers choose to work in cities," he said.
Farming technology schools should be improved so that better educated farmers could become "new-generation farmers," he said.
Wen also called for improving public services in rural areas.
At one villager's home, he promised to increase pensions and agricultural subsidies.
"Agricultural modernization should not be forgotten during industrialization and urbanization; farmers and the countryside should not be forgotten in developing cities and industries," he said.
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