Industrial Cluster: Xinjiang'S Grain And Cotton Harvest And Production Record Again

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In 2023, the production capacity of grain, cotton, fruit, livestock and other major agricultural products in Xinjiang will steadily increase, and the comprehensive benefits of agricultural production will continue to improve.

Xinjiang has actively implemented a new round of 100 billion kg grain production capacity improvement action, optimized the grain production layout and planting structure, implemented the grain production capacity improvement action and grain yield improvement project focusing on wheat and corn. The grain planting area of the whole region was 42.372 million mu, an increase of 5.863 million mu, and the total output was 21.192 million tons, an increase of 3.057 million tons. The total grain output exceeded 20 million tons for the first time, hitting a new record high. The grain area and total output both increased by the first place in the country, not only firmly holding the "rice bowl" in their own hands, but also making greater contributions to ensuring national food security.

As the most representative economic crop in Xinjiang, cotton will also usher in a high-level harvest in 2023. The agricultural and rural departments guided all regions to withdraw from low-quality and inefficient cotton fields, focused on the key technical links of cotton yield and quality improvement such as land preparation, sowing, topping and defoliation, and through key measures such as standardizing variety promotion, strengthening field management, and unifying harvesting and processing standards, effectively responded to the adverse effects of disasters such as low temperature and freezing, and achieved "increased per unit yield, stable total yield, and high-quality cotton" The goal of.

The data shows that in 2023, the total cotton output of Xinjiang will be 5.112 million tons, accounting for 91% of the total national output. The total output, unit yield and commodity allocation will rank first in China for 30 consecutive years.

The improvement of Xinjiang's agricultural production capacity is finally reflected in the people's "food basket". In this year, the sown area of economic crops such as oil crops and sugar crops in Xinjiang increased significantly, and the vegetable output was more than 16 million tons, ensuring the supply of vegetables throughout the region. The project of improving the quality and efficiency of the forest and fruit industry was thoroughly implemented, and the output of forest and fruit reached 13.78 million tons. Focusing on the implementation of the revitalization action of animal husbandry, the district adheres to the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry, focuses on cattle and sheep production, strengthens the quality improvement of dairy industry, speeds up the transformation of live pigs, and expands large-scale breeding. The output of meat, eggs, and milk in the district increased by 9.4%, 4.3%, and 4.6% respectively.

It is worth noting that in 2023, Xinjiang will strive to provide high-quality aquatic products and beautiful water environment for people of all ethnic groups by implementing measures such as the standardized transformation of ponds, the establishment of healthy aquaculture and ecological aquaculture demonstration areas. The output of aquatic products in the region continued to grow, with the annual output reaching 184000 tons, an increase of 6.36% over the previous year, a record high, and ranking first among the five provinces and regions in northwest China.

Cultivated land and water resources are the key elements of agricultural development in Xinjiang, and also the necessary material basis.

In 2023, Xinjiang water conservancy, agriculture, forestry and grass, river basin management and other water supply and consumption departments, combined with river water, reservoir water storage, groundwater and industrial structure, will give priority to food crops, second round contracted land, basic farmland and high standard farmland water, and other crops will be flexibly allocated, Organize all prefectures, cities and river basin management units to prepare annual irrigation water supply plans in accordance with the principle of "total amount control, flexible allocation, allocation and use, risk prevention and control" of water resources. In the process of agricultural production, all departments strengthened the scheduling consultation, scientifically formulated the agricultural irrigation water supply plan by crops, counties and cities, and irrigation cycles, fully guaranteed the irrigation water demand of crops, especially grain crops, and effectively improved the quality and efficiency of water supply.

In the past year, a unified and efficient water resource management system has been initially established in Xinjiang, constantly promoting the transformation of water resource management mode from extensive to refined and scientific. Under the condition that water from major rivers in Xinjiang decreased by 10% compared with the previous year, agricultural irrigation water supply increased by 1.38 billion cubic meters and reservoir water storage increased by 1.34 billion cubic meters through the systematic allocation and precise regulation of water resources, 433 million cubic meters of groundwater was less extracted to achieve the goal of "more supply, more storage and less extraction", providing water support and water guarantee for the development of modern agriculture.

Water supply should be better than water use. In 2023, Xinjiang will further consolidate the material foundation of "storing grain on the ground and storing grain on technology", focus on permanent basic farmland, and give priority to the construction of high standard farmland in grain production functional areas, important agricultural product production protection areas, and the "four million mu" seed production bases recognized by the autonomous region. Through measures such as establishing mechanisms, raising standards and strict supervision, we will focus on farmland construction, promote agricultural water-saving measures such as "dry sowing and wet production" and "water fertilizer integration", implement efficient water-saving projects, further improve the efficiency of water resources utilization, and promote the balanced production of crops such as grain.

At present, the high standard farmland in Xinjiang has reached 55.58 million mu, accounting for 67.6% of the permanent basic farmland. The application level of efficient water-saving and water fertilizer integration ranks first in the country. Relying on the construction of high standard farmland, the utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water in Xinjiang will increase from 0.55 in 2018 to 0.575 in 2023, and the assurance rate of farmland irrigation water in most high standard farmland project areas will reach more than 85%. After completion, the unit yield of high standard farmland wheat will be increased by more than 5%, the unit yield of corn will be increased by more than 20%, and the comprehensive benefits and competitiveness of farmland will be significantly improved.

Science, technology and equipment have become important factors in Xinjiang's agricultural production.

"The wheat production capacity of the cooperative has reached a new level with good seeds and good methods," said Lei Yangang, director of Awati Xinhuicheng Agricultural Machinery Service Farmers Professional Cooperative Association. In the past two years, all the wheat of the cooperative has been planted in high standard farmland, and advanced planting technologies such as soil testing, formula fertilization, integrated water and fertilizer management have been used. The average unit yield of wheat has increased by nearly 50 kg compared with the previous years, The benefits were significantly improved.

In order to popularize advanced and applicable technologies more quickly, since last year, Xinjiang has set up a grain production capacity expert service team to provide technical service guidance for the whole process of grain production, so that the technology for increasing production can play a role in the production line. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Xinjiang Autonomous Region organized technical personnel to discuss the mature experience and key technical measures explored, summarized and sorted out in recent years in Xinjiang's wheat high-yield construction, together with experts in the national and autonomous region's wheat industrial technology system and wheat high-yield households, and summarized and formed the Technical Plan for High quality and High yield Cultivation of Wheat in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, which was released to the public, The radiation has driven the balanced production of wheat in the whole region in a large area.

At the same time, the whole Xinjiang will further implement the seed industry revitalization action, and promote the implementation of national breeding joint research projects such as winter wheat in southern Xinjiang and the key projects of the autonomous region's seed industry to "take the lead". The experts of the wheat and corn industry technology system in the autonomous region will carry out variety distribution according to different ecological regions, define the main varieties and demonstration varieties, promote and plant excellent varieties with outstanding yield and quality and stable characteristics, and lay the foundation for stable and high yield of grain.

Over the past year, the agricultural and rural departments have accelerated the reform and construction of the grass-roots agricultural technology extension system, selected and recommended a number of key technologies and leading varieties, and the completion rate of key technologies has reached more than 95%. Focusing on the weak points of agricultural machinery equipment, 28 pilot projects of integration of agricultural machinery R&D, manufacturing, promotion and application were determined. At present, the coverage rate of improved varieties of grain crops in Xinjiang is more than 98%. The efficient water-saving and water fertilizer integrated application area of wheat and corn is more than 26 million mu, accounting for 67% of the sown area. The main crops such as wheat, corn and cotton are mechanized throughout the cultivation and harvesting process. Xinjiang's agriculture has reached a higher level of comprehensive benefits while achieving total yield and bumper harvest.