According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 8th, the total grain output in 2017 reached 617.91 million tons (1,235.8 billion tons), an increase of 1.66 million tons (3.3 billion tons) over the previous year, an increase of 0.3%. Another bumper harvest of grain production, is the second highest yield in history.
Statistics show that in 2017, the national grain sown area reached 112,220 hectares (16,832.9 hectares), a decrease of 8,15 hectares (12.22 million hectares), a decrease of 0.7% over 2016; the national grain yield per unit area reached 5506 kg / ha (367 kg / Mu), an increase of 54 kg / ha (3.6 kg / mu) compared with 2016, an increase of 1%.
Hou Rui, chief statistician of the rural department of the National Bureau of Statistics, introduced that the main reason for the decrease in grain sown area was that all localities took the initiative to adjust the agricultural planting structure and accelerated the optimization of the regional layout. On the basis of basically keeping the sown area of paddy and wheat, the major rations crops, More corn stocks will increase the planting area of miscellaneous grains and legumes. Further expand the area of non-grain crops such as peanuts and Chinese herbal medicines and optimize the agricultural planting structure.
Hou Rui said that the increase of grain yield is the result of the combined effect of many factors, including a more favorable agricultural climate, less natural disasters and disaster relief and disaster relief; and the promotion of technology and field management, and further enhancement of the comprehensive agricultural production capacity.
“The full-year grain output will still achieve a slight increase under the circumstance of a sharp reduction in high-yield crops and the second high-yielding year in history, which is not easy to come by. In particular, the larger stock of corn continues to decrease and the market with a larger market gap And small breeds continue to increase, fully demonstrating the structural reform of the agricultural supply side to achieve positive results. “Hou Rui said.
