Urban modern agriculture: large and medium-sized cities should be the vanguard of implementing the rural revitalization strategy

Participants believed that large and medium-sized cities should be the vanguard of the rural revitalization strategy. At present and in the future, they must unswervingly follow the new requirements of agricultural marketization, informationization and branding, and take advantage of the city's market advantages and technological advantages. The information advantage and talent advantage effectively solve the problems of insufficient cultivation of market entities and weak market allocation of resources, and continuously meet the people's growing needs for a better life. It is necessary to grasp the new requirements put forward by the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy for urban modern agriculture, resolutely stabilize the basic plate of agriculture and rural areas, adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, and persist in reform and innovation. It is necessary to carry out the assessment of the “food basket” mayor’s responsibility system, further improve the ideological understanding, and promote the comprehensive improvement of the “vegetable basket” project. It is necessary to give full play to the role of new farmers in new technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, formulate a "construction map" for implementing policies, effectively improve the market environment, accelerate agricultural science and technology innovation and foster new peasant teams, and provide new kinetic energy for urban modern agricultural development. It is necessary to innovate work promotion mechanisms and pay more attention to planning guidance, policy creation, demonstration and regional coordination.

The responsible comrades of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Agriculture interpreted the rural land system reform and the “food basket” mayor's responsibility system assessment method. The “Urban Modern Agriculture Development Report (2017)” was also released at the meeting. Relevant experts on building agriculture and foreign experience. I have done a special report. (Original title: Experts and scholars discuss the development of urban modern agriculture)