The reporter learned from Beijing Plant Protection Station that Beijing will start reducing the use of pesticides in vegetable facilities to promote the prevention and control of green pests in order to reduce the use of chemical pesticides and ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products and the ecological environment of farmland.

According to reports, Beijing will encourage farmers to adopt green control technologies mainly through subsidies and have designated nearly 150 kinds of natural prevention and control products such as natural enemies and biological pesticides, more than 160 plant doctors and 7 suppliers of green prevention and control products As well as 62 green control products distribution outlets in various districts.

Farmers may first seek assistance from plant doctors to diagnose pests and diseases and issue prescriptions for green prevention and control products. Then according to prescriptions, to the designated outlets to buy green products can be subsidized. Seven designated suppliers responsible for providing all green control products, and each product is affixed with two-dimensional code, to achieve full traceability.

Zhou Chunjiang, director of Beijing Plant Protection Station, said that the current large amount of chemical pesticides to produce agricultural pesticide residues exceeded, soil environmental pollution and other issues can not be ignored. It is of great significance to vigorously promote green prevention and control of pests and diseases, and to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products and the health of consumers.