China details 13th Five-Year Plan
In its report, the Chinese government said the agricultural growth model “must be transformed at a faster pace; industrial, production, and business operation systems that work for modern agriculture must be established, and the quality, returns, and competitiveness of agriculture must be strengthened to allow China to embark on a path of agricultural modernization that ensures high yields and safe products, conserves resources, and is environmentally friendly.”
“We will actively guide adjustments to the production mix of agricultural products and support superior producing areas in developing production centers for cotton, oilseed, sugar crops, soybeans, forestry seedlings, and fruit.”
“We will strengthen quality and safety oversight over agricultural products and inputs, strengthen safety management at production sites, implement a certification system for product oversight both before products leave production sites and on entrance into markets, and establish interconnected, shared agricultural product quality and safety information platforms allowing for full traceability at every stage, thereby forming a stronger quality and safety oversight system that covers the entire journey of agricultural products from farm to table.”
International cooperation in agriculture also was discussed in the report, and China expects to play a more prominent role in improving mechanisms for regulating trade in agricultural products, the government said.
source: world-grain.com
