China Academy of Agricultural Sciences will carry out scientific and technological actions to increase grain for five major crops such as rice and wheat.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 27th (Reporter Hu Lu, Yu Wenjing) In order to better ensure food security, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences will carry out scientific and technological actions to increase grain production, and tackle key scientific and technological problems in increasing grain production for five major crops, such as rice and wheat, so as to continuously improve the national grain production capacity.

This is what the reporter learned recently at the press conference of "Science and Technology Action for Increasing Grain" held by China Academy of Agricultural Sciences by video.

Wang Hanzhong, vice president of China Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that the campaign targeted at five major food crops, namely rice, wheat, corn, soybean and potato, and focused on key tasks such as screening high-yield and high-quality (suitable for machine) improved varieties, research and development of key technologies for efficient cultivation, integrated demonstration and popularization of high-yield technologies. By 2030, we will strive to achieve a significant increase in the yield per unit area of the five major grain crops.

He said that facing the major demand of the five major crop producing areas, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences, local Academy of Agricultural Sciences, superior seed enterprises and other scientific and technological innovation elements and superior forces will be gathered to carry out targeted cooperation, targeted research, targeted integration and overall application, and the research and innovation of common key technologies and cutting-edge leading technologies will be strengthened to make every effort to ensure the smooth implementation of scientific and technological actions.