Water-saving agriculture welcomes policies to support water irrigation facilities to be developed

[China Agricultural Machinery Industry News] New news from the Ministry of Water Resources, the task of "re-starting 20 major water conservancy projects" proposed in the 2016 "Government Work Report" has been fully completed. At present, 172 projects for water conservancy and water supply major water conservancy projects have started construction, and the total investment in construction projects exceeds 800 billion yuan.

Water-saving agriculture welcomes policies to support water irrigation facilities to be developed

It is reported that the country's normal annual water shortage is nearly 40 billion cubic meters, of which agriculture accounts for 30 billion cubic meters, and the annual agricultural losses caused by water shortage exceed 150 billion yuan. Since the beginning of this year, General Secretary Xi and Premier Li Keqiang have repeatedly stressed the need to fill the shortcomings of farmland water conservancy and accelerate the construction of major water conservancy projects. It can be expected that with the support of policies, future investment in water conservancy construction is expected to continue to increase.

In order to serve the development of modern agriculture, in addition to vigorously developing water conservancy construction, agricultural water saving is also imminent. Agriculture is a big water user, but water use efficiency is not high and water saving potential is huge. The 13th Five-Year Plan period is a period of national water-saving agriculture development. The average annual construction area is 20 million mu, which is almost doubled compared with the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The market scale has reached 50 billion yuan. In addition, we have seen land transfer and water price reforms continue to advance rapidly. This year, land rights have been fully rolled out in 22 provinces and cities, and water resources tax has been piloted in Hebei, which will greatly promote the development of water-saving agriculture.

In summary, water conservancy construction and water-saving irrigation have a long-term growth space.