What is the function of agriculture?

Agriculture is the "mother industry" of mankind. As early as ancient times, agriculture has been the basis for human beings to resist natural threats and survive. Agriculture has fed and developed mankind. Without agriculture, there would be nothing for human beings, and there would be no modern civilization for human beings. The development of social production begins with agriculture, and only on the basis of agricultural development can industry emerge and develop, and only on the basis of agricultural and industrial development can the tertiary industry develop. It can be seen that agriculture is a well-deserved "mother industry". The position and function of agriculture can be summarized as "the foundation of national economy" in one sentence.

1. First of all, from the economic point of view, agriculture is the foundation of national economy and economic development. Because agriculture is the source of food and clothing and the foundation of human survival. The development of agriculture directly affects and restricts the overall development of the national economy. Agriculture is the most basic material production sector in the national economy. Agriculture is the source of food and clothing and the foundation of human society. Agriculture is a necessary condition for the existence and development of other material production departments such as industry and all non-material production departments. Agriculture is the main source of raw materials for industry, especially light industry. The raw materials used in rubber industry and chemical industry (such as nitroglycerin production) in heavy industry come from agriculture; The raw materials used in food industry, textile industry, leather industry and tobacco and alcohol industry in light industry also come from agriculture. Agriculture provides a broad market for industrial development. The countryside is not only a vast market for heavy industrial goods, but also a vast market for light industrial goods. Agriculture is an important source of national construction funds accumulation. Agriculture directly accumulates funds for the country by paying agricultural taxes, and indirectly accumulates considerable funds for state guests through light industry with agricultural products as raw materials. Agriculture can provide labor for other sectors of the national economy. With the development of agriculture, the rural surplus labor force is increasing day by day, which is enriched to other labor departments of the national economy. Agriculture is also an important source of export commodities. In the composition of export commodities, the proportion of industrial exports has increased year by year, but agriculture, by-products and their processed products still occupy an important position. Agriculture still plays a very important role in earning foreign exchange from commodity exports. Agriculture is the guarantee to support the sustained development and progress of the whole national economy.

2. Secondly, from the social point of view, agriculture is the foundation of social stability and the industry that stabilizes the world. Whether agriculture can develop steadily and provide agricultural and sideline products that are compatible with the basic trend of gradually improving people's living standards is related to social stability. "Food is the most important thing for people", and food is the most basic means of survival for human beings. The basic position of agriculture in the national economy is highlighted in grain production. If agriculture cannot provide food and necessary food, people's lives will not be stable, production will not develop, and the country will lose the foundation of self-reliance. In this sense, agriculture is an industry that stabilizes the world.

3. Thirdly, from the political point of view, agriculture is the foundation of national self-reliance. China's self-reliance depends to a considerable extent on the development of agriculture. If agricultural and sideline products cannot maintain self-sufficiency and rely too much on imports, they will be subject to people. Once the international political situation changes, it is bound to be passive and even endanger national security. Therefore, whether the basic position of agriculture is firm is related to the vital interests of the people, social stability and the development of the whole national economy, and also to whether China can adhere to its independent position in international competition.

4. Fourthly, judging from the present situation of China's agricultural development, the household contract responsibility system was widely implemented in the vast rural areas in the second half of the 20th century, which greatly improved the agricultural production conditions, greatly increased the output of agricultural and sideline products, and significantly improved the living standards of farmers. However, the basic position of agriculture in China is still relatively fragile, the speed of agricultural development is still relatively backward, and agriculture is still a weak link that restricts the development of the national economy. As a big agricultural country, China's agriculture is not prosperous, not to mention the prosperity of all industries. Farmers are not rich and it is difficult to protect the country and the people. In China with a population of 65.438+0.3 billion, if the agricultural development fails, I'm afraid no one can guarantee that China people will not go hungry. Facing the international competition, the trump card of China's national industry is to rely on the huge domestic market in rural areas. Without the support of increasing farmers' income, the strategy of expanding domestic demand is like building a tower in the sand and talking on paper. Sooner or later, China's economy will go upstream, and if it doesn't advance, it will retreat. It is hard for us to imagine that China can realize its dream of becoming a modern power on the basis of urban-rural duality, developed industry and commerce and weak agriculture. "Without the modernization of agriculture, there can be no modernization of the whole national economy". China's long-term economic development plan, if agriculture is delayed, can only be a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror.

China's agricultural production technology and equipment level and labor productivity level are low, agricultural infrastructure is weak, and disaster resistance is poor. The supply of agricultural products in China, especially grain, has been in a basically balanced but tight state. China's agricultural production is facing the specific national conditions of less arable land and large population, and the per capita agricultural resources are at a low level in the world, which is the biggest restrictive factor for China's agricultural development.