Text: Liu Yuexi
Should corn be burned as grain? Should genetically modified plants be planted?
Northeast farmers burn corn for heating, and the country conducts a pilot project for the cultivation of genetically modified plants, when the two things are put together, there are indeed many feelings.
Corn is a high-yielding grain, but a farmer in Northeast China threw corn into the furnace.
Not long ago, the Ministry of Agriculture made a decision to carry out a pilot planting of genetically modified plants, including genetically modified corn.
This incident really made a big fuss, not only because of the controversy caused by farmers burning corn, but also because of the controversy of genetically modified plants, which attracted a lot of attention on the Internet, and the one-sided comment area seems to express the attitude of many people.
Northeast farmers burn corn for heating, is it a waste or helplessness?
Recently, there has been a video circulating on the Internet of a farmer in Northeast China who threw corn into a stove and said it was for warmth.
Corn has always been abundant in the Tohoku region, and the locals love to eat it, but why they throw edible corn into the stove makes people wonder.
Only by looking carefully at the video released by the farmers did I understand that it was because the price of corn this year was too cheap, only eight cents a catty.
The weather in the Northeast is relatively cold, and many families in rural areas are burning coal for heating, but the price of coal is not low, and the price of coal this year is about 2,000 yuan a ton.
In this way, for farmers, the price of coal is higher than that of corn, and if the price of corn is not high, farmers will lose money if they forcibly sell it, so the farmer chooses to burn corn for heating, and even then he is not willing to sell corn at a low price.
In fact, this reflects the problem of the price of food, especially in rural areas, which has not been very high.
Nowadays, if the rural households do not have much land, the cost is relatively high, including pesticides and fertilizers, and if the final grain price is not high, it is a relatively high pressure for many farmers.
Throwing corn into the stove is strictly a waste, after all, it is food, but it is also a kind of helplessness, for this farmer, burning corn is cheaper than burning coal.
The Ministry of Agriculture conducts a pilot project for the cultivation of genetically modified plants, should it be healthy or yield?
Not long ago, the Ministry of Agriculture held a press conference to explain several issues, one of which caused a lot of concern: the orderly expansion of genetically modified cultivation.
These include genetically modified corn and genetically modified soybeans, which have been controversial until then.
Genetically modified plants, which may have some relevance to everyone's daily life, are probably corn and soybeans, because genetically modified plants have some uncertainties, and many people think that this genetically modified food is not very safe.
The biggest feature of genetically modified plants, compared with ordinary plants, is that they have high yields, which may solve the food problem.
At that press conference, Pan Wenbo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, said that a number of grain companies had already received seeds for genetically modified plants, and that they would be planted on a pilot basis in 20 counties.
The pilot means that if the situation is better in the future, the planting will be in full swing.
But this period of time is still relatively long, after all, it has been so long, and genetically modified plants are only in the pilot stage, which is actually because the state is very cautious.
The development of genetically modified plants must have good results in order to reassure everyone, which means that the relevant departments need to spend a lot of energy to study genetically modified plants.
But for many people, genetically modified plants are unacceptable, if you can avoid the shortcomings of genetically modified plants at the same time, but also to ensure the yield, this is also a very good thing.
To be healthy or to yield, I believe that since the country has chosen to start the pilot, it means that the research has made very good progress, the key is to do a good job of further observation, I believe that with the efforts of experts, health and yield can reach the level of common ownership.
The comment section is one-sided, and the food issue needs to be viewed rationally
Whether it is farmers burning corn for heating, or the pilot planting of genetically modified plants, it has attracted a lot of attention on the Internet.
Today's food problem does exist, and the mainland has been importing grain, although now everyone does not have to worry about food and clothing, but in times of peace, we must be prepared for danger, as a national level, we must be fully prepared.
For many people, the low price of grain is indeed very sad, especially in rural areas, where farmers work hard to grow grain for a year, but they cannot sell it at a good price, which is indeed very tiring.
But now the state has made great efforts in food prices and corresponding subsidies, and I believe that the next step will be better and better.
As for the planting of genetically modified plants, this is what many people are concerned about, and the comment area is almost one-sided, but this matter needs to be viewed rationally, I believe that the country will make the best choice, and I believe that the experts will hand over a satisfactory answer.
Write at the end
No matter at any time, food is very important to the people's livelihood, food, clothing, housing and transportation, food is the most important, to solve the food problem not only the country to make efforts, but also all of us to make our own efforts.
Whether it is the grain grown by the farmers themselves or the genetically modified food, as long as it can be done well, it can ensure everyone's health, and at the same time can ensure the yield, it is good.
What do you think about this?
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