This year, Heilongjiang Province will aim to purify the agricultural development environment, increase the utilization of agricultural by-products such as livestock and poultry manure and straw, develop green organic foods, and improve the quality of cultivated land. With the objective of replacing organic fertilizer as a means, the province will continue to promote organic man With reasonable utilization, the province plans to use 16 million tons of organic fertilizer, an increase of 23.1% over 2017. This reporter learned from the “Guidelines for Strengthening the Production and Utilization of Organic Fertilizer in the Province of 2018,” introduced by the Provincial Agriculture Commission recently.

The “Guidance Opinions” require Heilongjiang Province to promote the rational use of organic fertilizers through the implementation of “three actions”, namely, the promotion of the “three reductions” of agriculture, the promotion of alternative actions of organic fertilizers, and the promotion of efficient cultivation of green organics. By reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and increasing organic fertilizers, the number and area of organic fertilizers will be gradually expanded. In the promotion of organic fertilizer substitution, Heilongjiang Province will follow the requirements of the Ministry of Agriculture regarding the promotion of planting and breeding cycles and the substitution of fruit and vegetable tea organic fertilizers for chemical fertilizers. Continuing to carry out experiments and demonstrations on the enhancement of organic fertilizers in the production of green organic crops such as rice, vegetables, and fresh corn, and vigorously promote the reduction of chemical fertilizers. This year, the province will build a national-level cultivated land quality improvement and slimming efficiency demonstration area of over 200,000 mu, promote the use of over 400,000 tons of organic fertilizer, form a batch of replicable and scalable experiences and models, and promote green and organic efficient planting operations. Through the expansion of green organic vegetables, fresh corn, grains and beans and other high value-added crop planting area, improve planting refinement, standardization, and high efficiency level.

Although the application of organic fertilizers increases the input cost of fertilizers, from the perspective of overall benefit analysis, according to the principles of high quality and preferential prices, the greater the amount of organic fertilizers replaced, the better the product quality, and the higher the selling price, the greater the farmers’ income will be. And the long-term potential benefits are more substantial, which is conducive to the establishment of brands for agricultural products and entering the high-end market.

In the future, Heilongjiang Province will support the use of organic fertilizers by the government and mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers and new-type agribusiness operators in the use of organic fertilizers. Focusing on the dominant crops such as vegetables and fresh corn and green organic food industrial bases, we will expand the profit chain by linking farming, animal husbandry, planting and breeding, and nurturing brands, extending the industrial chain, enhancing the value chain.