How to eat potato revolutionary potato in China? The diet changed quietly
Core Tip: China's potato consumption has also begun to change recently. As Chinese people's tastes become more and more westernized, French fries and potato chips have become more and more popular, which has provided the possibility for potatoes to enter the diet. Reference News Network reported on January 13 that Korean media said that it has become an important issue in China to eat more healthy and safer foods and increase the proportion of domestic agricultural products to achieve the goal of “food securityâ€. Among them, the agricultural product placed in the top position is the potato, and it is not an exaggeration to say that China has set off a “potato revolutionâ€. According to the report of the “Central Daily†website of the Republic of Korea on January 12th, in fact, China regards the potato as an important means to ensure food security. Therefore, relevant policies have been formulated to significantly increase the planting area and support related industries. The report said that China's focus on potatoes is very simple. Potato is a “cost-effective crop†that uses less water and fertilizer, and has less land and manpower. The potato has good cold and drought resistance, can be freeze-dried and stored, and will not lose nutrients for several years. This "potato revolution" is also in fact consistent with China's grain self-sufficiency policy. China’s goal is to bring more than 1.3 billion people into full-fledged lives and rely on local agricultural products to feed their own people. China plans to use potato as its main species to develop agriculture and use it to help farmers lift poverty. To encourage potato production, the Chinese government provides each farmer with a subsidy of RMB 100 per mu. Yu Xinrong, vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, once declared: “Let the potato gradually become the fourth largest staple grain crop in China after rice, wheat and corn.†According to the report, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture decided to expand the potato planting area to twice the current level (100 million mu) by 2020. This huge area is equivalent to 67% of the total land area in Korea. China announced that it will use 30% of its own potato as a staple food, and aims to increase the proportion of good potatoes that can be used for staple foods to 30%. In China, rice and wheat are the main staple foods, and potatoes have always been regarded as “food for the poor†and “food for feed use.†Reported that in 1600, the potato did not appear in China, even if it was later introduced is also considered to be vegetables instead of the staple food. Therefore, although China is the world’s largest potato grower, half of its annual output is used as feed for export. This is in marked contrast to the United States' use of 80% of its output (19.8 million tons) for domestic consumption. The per capita consumption of potato in China is 41 kg per year, and in contrast, the EU is more than 80 kg. The gap between the two is about twice as high. However, potato consumption in China has also begun to change recently. As Chinese people's tastes become more and more westernized, French fries and potato chips have become more and more popular, which has provided the possibility for potatoes to enter the diet. The Chinese government has also played a role in the widespread publicity that potatoes contain more protein and less fat than rice and wheat. Le Shi made potato chips using Chinese potatoes as raw materials and succeeded in the Chinese market. Its competitiveness stems from the use of locally produced Chinese potatoes. Analysts said that the US company's potato chip company is happy to make good use of China's "No potato chips can be made from the United States," the provisions of the lease of potatoes in Inner Mongolia for direct planting, resulting in the development of the local economy, but also won the Chinese consumer The heart of the person. According to reports, China's "Potato Revolution" still has a long way to go. China's potato planting area ranks first in the world, and its share has reached 25%, but its output per unit area ranks only 92nd in the world, indicating that the key issue in the future is to increase productivity. Precision Parts Processing,Steel Male Fitting,Barb Fitting, Changzhou Ziying Metal Products Co., Ltd , https://www.ziyingmetal.com