Potato Industry Index Operation Report released

China Consumer News The "Xinhua China (Dingxi) Potato Industry Index Operation Report (2022)" using big data to objectively reflect the high-quality development of the whole potato industry chain in Dingxi was recently released
.

Dingxi City, Gansu Province is the largest detoxified seed potato breeding base, an important national commercial potato production base and potato product processing base, with a current planting area of 3 million mu and an output of 5 million tons
.
Dingxi City is accelerating the development process of the whole potato industry chain, building a first-class potato detoxified seed potato production and supply base, special potato production base, fresh potato planting base, intensive processing base and market transaction and price formation center, relying on the transformation of the potato industry from a large industrial market to an industrial strong market
.

"Xinhua China (Dingxi) Potato Industry Index" is jointly compiled by China Economic Information Service and the People's Government of Anding District, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, including Dingxi seed potato, Dingxi commercial potato, Dingxi potato products and other indices and industrial development reports, aiming to use big data means to objectively reflect the high-quality development of the whole Dingxi potato industry chain, improve market transparency, promote production and marketing docking, provide timely and accurate transaction reference benchmarks for market practitioners, and provide decision-making basis
for government management departments.

According to reports, the Xinhua China (Dingxi) Potato Industry Index has been successfully operated for 3 years
.
As a concentrated embodiment of the data information value of the whole domestic potato industry chain, the index can perceive the market temperature and development trend with one click, and has become the price benchmark for trading in the surrounding market, effectively reducing transaction costs, improving transaction efficiency, and providing a reliable reference for refined operation and management of enterprises and government policy formulation
.
At the same time, the objective, timely and comprehensive index report helped to determine that the western potato industry promoted variety rotation, downstream chain extension, and outward breakthrough
.

The index report shows that in 2021/2022, Dingxi City adjusted and optimized the production structure of potatoes, and increased the production of
medium and early maturing and processed varieties.
a massive increase in production of potato varieties with higher yields; The proportion of processed varieties in production is close to flat, and the production scale has steadily increased
.
The index report also sorted out the supporting ideas
for the high-quality development of the Dingxi potato industry.
First, continue to expand the supply and demand ends, and continue to improve the industry's discourse power; Second, we should take the opportunity to expand the export "circle of friends" and take the lead in breaking through in the Central Asian market; The third is to do a good job in industrial standardization, digitalization and informatization, and accelerate the construction of the national potato price formation center; The fourth is to gather resources and elements from all parties and guide financial tools to empower the development of
the downstream industrial chain.

The relevant person in charge of the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that through the compilation and release of the index, a price monitoring system and information release mechanism for the whole circulation channel from germplasm breeding, commercial potato production to downstream processing and sales were constructed, which accurately reflected the price change trend of the whole potato industry chain, provided a reference for the market, and further expanded the influence
of the Dingxi potato brand.

(Reporter Huang Jie)