The Foundation and Promotion Path of Integration of Farmland Protection Assessment and Food Security Assessment
In order to better serve the overall goal of ensuring national food security,China has begun to promote the integration of farmland protection assessment and food security assessment.From the perspective of institutional foundation,the revised"Assessment Methods for Farmland Protection Responsibility Objectives of Provincial Governments"and"Assessment Methods for Provincial Governor Responsibility System for Food Security"have been applied for many years and have high reference value in terms of reward and punish-ment measures,result application,etc.From a practical perspective,local explorations have achieved initial results,with the cultivat-ed land area and grain sowing area in typical provinces steadily increasing.However,assessment is only a means,and the joint respon-sibility of the Party and government for farmland protection and food security has not been implemented for long.To better leverage the integration of these two assessments and ensure the effectiveness of various policy measures,it is necessary to fundamentally streamline relationships and establish mechanisms.To this end,efforts should be made in the following two aspects:firstly,to promote the forma-tion of a work pattern of joint management by the Party and the government,with a focus on viewing farmland protection and food secur-ity issues from a political perspective,clarifying the boundaries of Party and government responsibilities,coordinating various depart-ments to form a joint force,and fully leveraging the role of assessment as a"baton"and inspection as a"sword";Secondly,we need to establish a national food security pattern that is mainly supported by the main production areas and jointly supported by the main sales areas and the balanced production and sales areas.The key is to give priority to policy support and benefit compensation to the main production areas,and the main sales areas should bear the obligation of horizontal benefit compensation to the main production areas,in order to accelerate the economic development of the balanced production and sales areas.
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