In the first quarter, Huai'an achieved a value added of 4 billion yuan in the agriculture industry, a comparable growth rate of 14.7%. Since this year, the city has paid close attention to stable production and supply, industrial upgrading and green development, thus maintaining a good development momentum in agricultural economy.
The summer grain sowing area in Huai'an is 4.8 million mu, an increase of 35,000 mu compared with last year. Wheat seedlings in general is better than last year, with a good basis for increasing income. In addition, increased supports for pig production have been made by implementing the normal prevention and control measures against African swine fever, and large-scale and factorized pig farming. In the first quarter, the city stocked 1,429,600 live pigs, completing 114.4% of the provincial task.
Over the same period, there were 106 projects over 10 million yuan included in Jiangsu major agricultural project database for tracking and promotion, with a total planned investment of 17.35 billion yuan and a planned investment of 9.44 billion yuan for the year. 76 projects have been started, with an investment of 2.63 billion yuan completed and an investment completion rate of 27.84%.
Huai'an has actively advanced its green foods, organic agricultural products and agricultural products with geographical indications, with the proportion of green and high-quality agricultural products reached 60% in the first quarter. Moreover, the 2021 Opinions on Agricultural Product Quality and Safety was formulated and issued, the grassroots grid-based supervision model was promoted, and the full coverage of supervision on agricultural product quality and safety was driven.
