Specialty Vegetable Cultivation and Pest and Disease Control Techniques

Author: Lü Zhonghua
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The 16th National Congress proposed that we must firmly seize the important strategic opportunity of the first 20 years of this century and concentrate our efforts on building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. This grand goal is inspiring and uplifting. Building a moderately prosperous society in all respects is a major measure to implement the important thought of the "Three Represents," reflecting the fundamental principle of the Party serving the public and governing for the people. Fulfilling this historical task of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects requires focusing on and addressing challenges in rural areas. Currently, the development of agriculture and rural economy is in a critical phase, with many contradictions and issues remaining. To achieve a moderately prosperous society in rural areas, it is necessary to coordinate urban and rural economic and social development, actively promote the transformation of agricultural growth models, improve agricultural technology and equipment levels, and accelerate the construction of modern agriculture. To realize this grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in rural areas, we must develop advanced productive forces and advanced culture, safeguard the fundamental interests of the vast majority of farmers, and leverage the role of science and technology as productive forces. We must accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into practical productive forces, firmly shift the development of agriculture and rural economy onto the track of relying on scientific and technological progress and improving the quality of laborers. Science and technology are the primary driving force for rural economic and social development and the decisive factor in continuously advancing the development of agriculture and rural economy to new levels. Relying on scientific and technological progress, we must promote the transformation of traditional agriculture into high-quality, high-yield, high-efficiency, ecological, and safe modern agriculture. We must firmly focus on enhancing the competitiveness of agricultural products, increasing agricultural efficiency, and raising farmers' incomes as the main direction, and build an agricultural science and technology innovation system that aligns with the strategic adjustment of agricultural structure. We must improve and strengthen the operational mechanisms for efficient agricultural research, technology extension, and farmer training, promote the industrialization of agricultural science and technology, meet the scientific and educational needs for building modern agriculture and sustainably developing the rural economy, and narrow the overall gap with developed countries to promote rural economic prosperity and accelerate the construction of modern agriculture. Accelerating agricultural scientific and technological progress is urgent, and the hope for agricultural modernization lies in scientific and technological advancement. To implement the strategy of "rejuvenating agriculture through science and education" and accelerate the development of rural moderately prosperous society, the Ministry of Agriculture has identified agricultural science and technology work as the top priority in agricultural and rural economic work and designated this year as the "National Agricultural Science and Technology Year." In conjunction with the activities of the "National Agricultural Science and Technology Year," China Agricultural Press has organized experts from various fields to edit and publish the "Science and Technology for Rural Prosperity Series." This series focuses on scientific and technological knowledge while also covering policies and laws, considering regional characteristics, and is highly targeted, practical, and operable, aiming to provide farmers with easy-to-understand, applicable, and user-friendly scientific and technological knowledge and achievements. This series is expected to have a positive impact on improving farmers' scientific and cultural literacy and accelerating the development of rural moderately prosperous society.