How to understand the "three products and one standard" of agricultural production at a deeper level?

In 2021, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs pointed out in the notice on the issuance of the Implementation Plan for the Promotion Action of Agricultural Production "Three Products and one standard" that from 2021, the promotion action of agricultural production "three products and one standard" will enable the latest concept, that is, variety cultivation, quality improvement, brand building and standardized production. This is quite different from the "three products and one standard" promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in recent years (i.e. "pollution-free agricultural products, green foods, organic agricultural products and geographical indications of agricultural products"). In order to better promote the progress of the upgrading action, it is necessary to clarify the concept and requirements of the new "three products and one standard" at a deeper and more comprehensive level.

Contrast between old and new concepts

Old concept: From the perspective of product supervision, it is a government-led public brand of safe and high-quality agricultural products. "Three products" refers to pollution-free agricultural products, green food, organic food; "One standard" is a geographical indication product of agricultural products, collectively referred to as "three products and one standard".

On the basis of safety control and strengthening the identification of place of origin, the pollution-free agricultural products should give full play to the function of place of origin. Green food highlights safety and quality and the advantages of the whole industry chain, leading high quality and high price; Organic agricultural products highlight the characteristics of ecological safety, adapt to local conditions, and meet the consumption needs of the public in pursuit of ecology and environmental protection. "Three products" belong to the category of safe agricultural products, can be likened to the three image as a "pyramid", the base for pollution-free agricultural products, the tower body for green food, the top of the tower for organic food, the higher the requirements of standards and control technology more stringent, product quality and safety relatively more guaranteed. Geographical indications of agricultural products highlight regional characteristics and quality characteristics, and promote the establishment of regional brands of agricultural products with regional characteristics.

With the continuous improvement of the quality and safety level of agricultural products in China, pollution-free agricultural products have become a basic bottom line requirement, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs officially stopped the certification of pollution-free agricultural products in 2018.

New concept: Starting from the orientation of production mode, pay attention to the layout and planning of the specific production process, which has a directional significance for the high-quality development road of agriculture in the new era.

The "three products" of the new "three products and one standard" refers to the variety improvement, quality improvement, brand building, and "one standard" is standardized production. It can be said that the new concept of "three products and one standard" contains the expansion of the value-added space of the entire agricultural industry chain, and is the action guide for the whole process of agricultural production in the new development stage.

The new "three products and one standard" focus direction

Focus on the innovation of excellent germplasm, strengthen the improvement of product quality, at the same time to strengthen brand awareness, establish the concept of industrial chain, so as to achieve high quality and high price, better promote the upgrading of industry files, farmers to increase income and get rich.

Heavy source - good seed first

"Agricultural chip" - the problem of seeds has become the focus of attention in agricultural and rural areas. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a document to carry out the national survey of agricultural germplasm resources, proposing to use three years to organize a nationwide survey of agricultural germplasm resources to find out the bottom of China's crop, livestock and aquatic germplasm resources.

In the action plan of "three products and one standard", variety cultivation is put in the first place, reflecting the importance of improved varieties for the high-quality development of modern agriculture.

Its focus is on "four batches" :

We will excavate a number of excellent germplasm resources, carry out a national survey of agricultural germplasm resources, urgently collect a number of rare, endangered and endemic resources and local varieties with special characteristics, identify and evaluate existing crop germplasm resources and germplasm resources of livestock, poultry and aquatic products, and select excellent breeding materials. Strengthen the construction of agricultural germplasm resource banks (farms, districts and nurseries).

Purification and rejuvenation of a number of local characteristic varieties, in view of the current local application of soybeans, wheat, live pigs and other crops and livestock and poultry varieties, take variety selection, comparative tests, original breeding and other technical measures to speed up the purification and rejuvenation of a number of varieties.

We will select and breed a number of high-yield and high-quality breakthrough varieties, launch key and core technologies for key provenance and major scientific and technological projects for agricultural biological breeding, implement a new round of genetic improvement programs for livestock, poultry and aquatic products, and independently breed a number of breakthrough varieties. Strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in the field of breeding.

We will build a number of breeding bases for improved seed varieties, promote the development of hybrid corn seed production bases in the Northwest and hybrid rice seed production bases in the southwest, and build a number of regional breeding bases for improved seed varieties of horticultural crops, such as fruit, vegetable and tea, and for livestock, poultry and aquatic products in suitable areas.

What is the goal of the new "three products and one standard"

The Implementation Plan for the Promotion of the "Three products and one standard" of agricultural production pointed out that by 2025, breeding innovation will make important progress, the quality of agricultural products will be significantly improved, agricultural brand building will make great breakthroughs, and agricultural quality, efficiency and competitiveness will continue to improve.

Cultivate a number of core provenances with independent intellectual property rights and new varieties with water saving and high resistance;

800 production bases for standardized green agricultural products and 500 demonstration farms for standardized livestock and poultry breeding;

To build 300 national agricultural products regional public brands, 500 enterprise brands, 1000 agricultural products brands;

The number of green food, organic agricultural products and geographical indication agricultural products reached more than 60,000;

The trial implementation of the standard certification system for edible agricultural products has achieved positive results.