The National Grain and Strategic Reserves Administration held a national conference on post-production grain conservation and reduction in Binzhou, Shandong Province in China from 3-5 December, 2023. The meeting in-depth implementation of grain conservation actions to promote post-production food savings can achieve greater results.
The meeting pointed out that grain and reserve departments at all levels should further clarify their goals and tasks, deeply understand that reducing grain loss is an important way to ensure grain security, and constantly strengthen the responsibility of promoting food conservation and loss after production. Deeply understand the current grain production and consumption in each link of the “drip”, accurately grasp the scientific path to promote grain saving and loss.
The meeting pointed out that the grain and reserve departments at all levels should be creative in accordance with the actual implementation, focusing on promoting the improvement of the legal system, optimizing post-natal services, improving storage conditions, improving circulation efficiency, and strengthening publicity and education, so as to achieve breakthroughs in the management of grain reduction and loss according to law, and achieve cost reduction and efficiency increase in logistics transportation and handling.
The meeting stressed that grain and reserve departments at all levels should adhere to systematic governance, law-based governance and long-term governance, highlight key areas and key links, continue to build responsibility implementation, assessment and supervision, publicity and education mechanisms, and build a higher level, higher quality, more efficient and more sustainable grain security system.
Published in the January 2024 issue of Milling and Grain.
