Professor Abner took everyone to visit a farm, and everyone was surprised to find that there were really no farmers who relied on manual labor to work in the fields, but modern threshing machines, tractors were relatively large, and harvesting was mechanized.

"In less than 30 years after World War II, French agriculture has undergone a development process from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture, from a backward agricultural country in Europe to an advanced country in the world, and after World War II, French agriculture has undergone a rapid transformation from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture," Professor Abner said. ”

"We see now that agricultural modernization has gone through a process, not overnight, I am a historian, I know that there is a process to do anything, there are many factors that affect the result, there are policy factors, there are historical, economic, cultural factors, and many human, material, financial factors, together to have this result, we can look at it objectively and dialectically, I take you to visit and hope that you can get some inspiration, but also get some harvest. ”

Head Xia Yuxiang nodded, "We can get useful inspiration and reference from the process of agricultural modernization in France. ”

"The process of industrialization has accelerated the transformation of traditional agriculture, turning the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy into a commodity agriculture that serves industry, cities and exports, and has formed a large agricultural market that integrates the domestic unified national market with the international market," said Professor Abner. ”

"The farms are constantly expanding, the agricultural structure is changing, the specialized production of products has begun to appear, and the regional division of labor in agriculture has gradually formed, the specialized production of agriculture has accelerated technological progress, and the progress of production technology has increased productivity. ”

"Look at this field, there is a master, he is an old friend of mine, his name is John, I called him here!"

Professor Abner beckoned to a chubby middle-aged uncle, "Hey, old man, can you come over and have a chat?"

John walked over with a smile and greeted Professor Abner with a smile, "Hi Abner, old man, why are you here?"

Professor Abner smiled and introduced: "These are my good friends in China, this is the head of the Xia delegation, he took the delegation to France for inspection, these are the members of the delegation, this is Miss Qu, and that is Meng Shuaige!"

Professor Abner introduced them one by one, and John was very happy to greet everyone one by one.

"This is my friend, John, he is 51 years old, he is a very experienced farmer, we ask him to tell us about his experience, everyone is welcome!"

The applause rang out, John smiled and said very modestly: "The old man always praises me, I am an old friend with Professor Abner, he often orders my agricultural products, we have known each other for more than 20 years, we have a deep friendship, and he often brings friends to my farm." ”

"At our age, in fact, money is not too important to us, we have experienced a lot of ups and downs and setbacks in our lives, what kind of people and things we have encountered, and we have life experience, although our professions are different, I am a farmer, he is a university professor, his identity is different, his status is different, but we have become very good friends, a little unexpected, right?"

"Hahaha!" Professor Abner also smiled, "I never cared about the identity and social status of the other party, even if it was a street cleaner, if he had merits that made me think that this person was very good, I would also be willing to make friends with him." ”

John nodded, "Well, Professor Abner has no arrogance at all, he is approachable, he has a good temper and personality, and I would love to be friends with him." ”

"Let's get down to business and don't talk about anything else!"

"With the high development of industry, a large number of rural people have flowed into the cities, and the development of the secondary and tertiary industries has provided a larger market and more and better equipment for the development of agriculture, and has provided conditions for a large transfer of rural population to cities. ”

"I know that your urbanization process in China is accelerating, in fact, there is such a period in France, people always yearn for life in the city, after all, no one wants to stay in the countryside all their lives, farming is a hard job, you have to work hard in the field every day, but you don't go to the city to make money quickly!"

"Many young people in China have moved to the cities to work, leaving some elderly people and left-behind children in their hometowns. ”

"We are the same in France, during the Second World War, it was also a large number of rural people flowing into the cities, the development of the secondary and tertiary industries in the cities, and the production of more modern equipment in the countryside, human beings are good at using machines, machines are indeed a good thing, good partners of human beings, if you just rely on manpower to farm, you will definitely be tired to death. ”

"When I was young, I had the physical strength to be fine, but when I was old, I couldn't stand it when I had to work in the fields all year round. ”

"So we still need to be equipped with modern production machines to help us produce on a large scale. ”

"France's agriculture is developing very well, you Chinese have a saying 'the people take food as the sky', yes, the development of agriculture can solve the problem of national food, if you always rely on imports, it is not possible, so first of all, we must develop agriculture, now young people always feel that big cities have development opportunities, in fact, this point of view is not objective, the countryside also has a vast space for development, French agricultural policy is still very good, the scale of land occupation and management is gradually expanding, so that the total number of farms continues to decrease, the scale of farms is expanding day by day. ”

"French industry has started again, gradually built a relatively complete industrial system, and has become one of the countries with a high degree of industrial modernization among the developed countries in the West. ”

"It is precisely under the strong impetus of industrialization that French agriculture has rapidly modernized, which has not only led to the modernization of agricultural production technology, but also to the modernization of agricultural organizational structure, that is, the specialization and integration of agricultural production. ”

"Professor Abner is a professional in this area, he is not only a historian, he is also an economist, he also has some research on agriculture, and he told me this, I will take you to see the corn and soybeans that are grown on our farm!"

Everyone walked forward, very interested, and Qu Lihua was also very curious, she was eager to see how the corn and soybeans grown in France were different from those grown by Chinese farmers.

When John took a bag of corn and handed it to Captain Xia Yuxiang, Captain Xia Yuxiang felt that the corn was yellow, it looked very fresh, the weight was also heavy, and the quality was very good.

"This corn is beautiful in color and looks very good!"

"Yes, we advocate ecological agriculture, let crops grow naturally, remove some bad human factors, the food we produce must be healthy, we don't go to make black money, and do some shady means, buy our agricultural products are very assured, we have special sales channels, so many years of honest management, accumulated a lot of old customers, reputation is still very good!"

"I have seen a lot of reports in the media, a large number of young people in China go to the city to work, and very few stay in the countryside, everyone thinks that going to the big city to work and develop, there is a future, in fact, I think that staying in the countryside can also be employed, maybe the development is better!"

Professor Xia Yuxiang said: "Thank you Professor Abner and Mr. John, what you said is very reasonable, we can learn from France's successful experience in the development of ecological agriculture, vigorously develop China's ecological agriculture, improve agricultural economic efficiency, attract and accommodate rural labor employment, and alleviate the pressure of urban employment." ”

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