Development Trends and Key Scientific Issues of Grassland Agriculture Based on the Big Food View
From the perspective of'Big Food',the safety of feed grains is a key focus of food security in China.Grassland agriculture is one of the most important food production systems in the world,which not only directly produces grass and livestock products,but also indirectly provides ecological protection for food production,meeting the growing rigid demands of the country for food security,ecological security,and border stability.Still,we need to improve the capacity and level of grassland agriculture to ensure food security and support high-quality development of China.Seeds are the material foundation of grassland agriculture,and natural grasslands and cultivated grasslands(formerly known as artificial grassland or sown grassland)are the main bases for grassland agriculture to produce food.Grassland protection serves as an"escort"for grassland agriculture to carry out food production,and the coupling of grassland agriculture system promotes the amplification of food production benefits.Grassland agriculture is a fundamental strategic industry,and the level of which relies on innovation in fundamental research to ensure national food security.Therefore,we analyzed the research progress in five aspects,including exploration and utilization of grass germplasm resources and seed production control,cultivation and transformation of high-quality and yield of grass,the maintenance and restoration of grassland ecological productivity,grassland pest management,and grassland agricultural system coupling and management,and thus proposed corresponding key scientific problems.