Lanzhou: Minle County Implements Post-Wheat Planting Strategy to Ensure Food Security

In Lanzhou, Minle County of Gansu Province, the autumn harvest has concluded, and replanting activities have begun. Villagers in Fengle Town are busily sowing oat grass in the fields that previously held wheat crops. This practice, which involves planting oats after wheat, has become increasingly popular among farmers in the region. Agricultural technicians highlight the benefits of post-wheat planting, including the efficient use of fallow fields, improved soil resource utilization, and increased production and income.

Key Takeaways:

• Over 300 acres of oats were replanted in Baimiao Village, Fengle Town, following the wheat harvest.
• The post-wheat planting strategy aims to achieve a "win-win" situation of increased production and income while ensuring food security.
• The deputy mayor of agriculture in Fengle Town emphasized that double-cropping after wheat is essential for ensuring food security, increasing people's income, and promoting the development of village collective economy.
• Fengle Town has expanded its cropping model from one to two, increasing land output and providing a diverse range of forage for the development of the town's livestock breeding industry.
• The post-wheat planting model has the potential to increase land utilization and output rates, ensuring that cultivated land area, sown area, and grain output do not decrease.
• The initiative provides a balanced grass-livestock relationship, integrating planting and breeding, and promoting a "green and virtuous cycle" of breeding based on planting.

Statistics:

• 300+ acres of oats were replanted in Baimiao Village, Fengle Town.
• The post-wheat planting strategy aims to increase production and income while ensuring food security.
• Fengle Town has increased its cropping model from one to two, leading to increased land output.

Sources:

• [1 Chinese Government Official Website (gzdt)]
• [China's National Government Focus on Agricultural Efficiency and Farmers' Incomes]
• [Minle County Promotes Post-Wheat Planting Strategy to Ensure Food Security]