The successful experience of agricultural machinery in the hilly and mountainous areas of Japan and South Korea is worth learning.

[ China Agricultural Machinery Industry News ] From the agricultural geography and social environment of Japan and South Korea, it is similar to the agricultural environment in China's hilly mountains, but their agricultural mechanization level is in the forefront of the world, and its successful development experience is worthy of us. study hard.

Japan’s land improvement plan for 40 years

Japan's mountains and hills account for about 80% of the total area, and the main crop is rice. Since 1965, Japan has organized and implemented a four-year long-term plan for land improvement for 40 years, standardizing paddy fields that were originally small and unsuitable for mechanized operations, and delineating a standard length of 100 meters, a width of 30 meters, and a level. With a plan of less than 2.5 cm, and with the goal of constructing paddy irrigation and drainage facilities, strengthening farmland road construction, expanding land management scale and field standardization, it has created conditions for agricultural mechanization.

In 1962, Japan established the Agricultural Mechanization Research Institute to conduct research and development on basic experimental research and development and transformation projects with high risk. Japan’s Kubota agricultural machinery companies have more than 1,500 agricultural machinery researchers, and the Japanese Yanmar Group has more agricultural machinery researchers.

South Korea implements oil tax exemption policy

The hilly mountains of South Korea account for about 70% of the country's land area, including 1.91 million hectares of cultivated land. Rice is the main food crop in Korea, and it is made every year. Korean agriculture belongs to family farming under the small-scale farming system, and there is also the problem of the aging of the agricultural labor force.

Since 1971, Korea has started the New Village Movement. After more than 30 years of development, Korean agricultural machinery has reached advanced national standards. The total investment in rural construction from 1992 to 2001 was 42 trillion won (about 55 billion US dollars).

South Korea has established a sound agricultural machinery research and promotion organization, and the scientific research team is also very large. The equipment is quite advanced and has created favorable conditions for the research and development of scientific research personnel.

Korean agricultural machinery implements an oil-free tax policy. After the farmers purchase the agricultural machinery, they apply to the local agricultural machinery authority for oil application. The competent department calculates the fuel consumption of the agricultural machinery according to the fuel consumption rate of the purchased agricultural machinery and the crop area cultivated by the farmers, and issues the oil certificate. When farmers use this card to purchase oil, they enjoy the preferential price without tax. Generally, the tax-free price is only 40% of the tax price. (Original title: What are the experiences of agricultural mechanization in the hilly and mountainous areas of Japan and South Korea?)