On December 26th, the reporter learned from the press conference on “focusing on supply and marketing advantages and promoting agricultural services to a new level” that after the establishment of agriculture, rural areas and farmers-oriented service centers, quality and utilization of arable land were increased by more than 5%, efficiency of unified management was improved by 30% and pesticide consumption was reduced by 20%.

　　Starting from this year, the supply and marketing cooperatives of the whole city have taken the agricultural supply side structural reform as the main line, centered on the activities of "Construction Year of Grassroots Organizations" and worked hard to improve the socialized service system for agriculture. Thanks to this, 12 new agriculture, rural areas and farmers-oriented service centers have been established, 156 village service outlets have been upgraded, trusted land and circulated land have reached 8708 acres and 4431 acres respectively, and prescription fertilization, unified management and agricultural machinery operation have been implemented on over 16474 acres of land.

　　At the same time, relying on the leading enterprises of agricultural industrialization, specialized farmers’ cooperatives, grassroots cooperatives and other business entities, the supply and marketing system of the city has been working hard to combine the breeding industry with tourism and culture in constructing a pastoral complex consisting of production, processing, leisure tourism, sightseeing and picking in its efforts to build beautiful rural areas. So far, the supply and marketing system has set up or helped set up 729 various specialized farmers’ cooperatives and 16 specialized cooperative associations with over 50,000 members. These cooperatives and cooperative associations serve 85,000 farmers, among which 820 poor households have been recorded.