Pastoral agriculture system plays an important role in food securityThought on melamine milk powder crisis

There is a continuously increasing requirement of animal foods because of rapid increase both in human population and people's living level. However, there is still a structural defect of agricultural system and an unavailability of efficiently administrative system and consequently, the situation of food security is gradually becoming serious. Based on the historical lessons and successful experiences of the domestic and other countries for reference, the coupling forage production with livestock production supplies a basis of agricultural system to food security and the pastoral agriculture system supplies an irreplaceable platform to forage and livestock coupling, which is an important indicator of agricultural modernization. Moreover, an administrative department with both multifunctional ability and simplified organization, which is positively corresponding to four production levels of pastoral agriculture system, will supply systematic guarantee to food security. In China, thinking pattern of putting food security on Grain Food is the Key policy should be given up and the pastoral agriculture system should be set up as the basis for food security.