China's agricultural sector deepens the green transformation

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China's agricultural sector deepens the green transformation

This aerial photo shows villagers harvesting rice in the village of Xigou in Ningqiang County, northwest China's Shaanxi province. China's agricultural sector has continuously deepened the green transformation and seen higher-level green development between 2021 and 2022, according to a report released by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences CAAS and China Agricultural Green Development Research Society CAGDRS. The country modernized 505 large and medium-sized irrigation districts and restored and improved irrigation areas of 33.7 million mu about 2.25 million hectares in 2022, significantly enhancing the production capacity of grain and important agricultural products, the report said.

China had built 102 bases for organic agricultural products by the end of 2022 and 748 standardized production bases for green food raw materials, with a total area of more than 168 million mu.

In 2021, the utilization rate of crop straw in China rose to 88.1 percent, up 0.5 percent from the previous year, while that of livestock and poultry manure exceeded 76 percent, and the recovery rate of the agricultural film was more than 80 percent.

With over 15 million data pieces pertaining to agriculture, soil, climate, biology, and agricultural waste from 31 province-level regions, the nation has built an agricultural resources dataset of more than 15 million data pieces.

It could provide data support for assessing the use of agricultural resources and evaluating green development levels.

The CAAS president, Wu Kongming, said that the CAAS has obtained a series of exceptional scientific research achievements in green technology, standards, and models and will join hands with the CAGDRS in related technological innovation and policy advice.