甘肃农业历史悠久,从公元前二世纪设郡开垦算起,约有两千多年.解放前,由于历代统治阶级的残酷剥削和掠夺性的垦植,生态环境恶化,水土流失严重,自然灾害频繁,经营方式落后,生产水平很低.建国以后,党和政府重视发展农业,兴水利,建农田,用现代化装各武装农业,生产条件有了显著改变,农村经济获得全面发展. (一)自然条件甘肃农业自然条件复杂,地形和气候类型多样,地域差异十分明显.境内土地面积广阔,但耕地瘠贫,难以利用的沙漠、戈壁、裸地、沼泽约占总土地面积的40%左右;耕地相对较多,但山旱地占总耕地 Gansu has a long history of farming and has been dating back 2,000 years since the establishment of the county in the second century BC Before the liberation, due to the brutal exploitation and predatory cultivation of successive ruling classes, the deterioration of the ecological environment, serious soil erosion and natural disasters After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the party and government attached great importance to the development of agriculture, water conservancy and construction of farmland and armed modernized armaments. The conditions of production have undergone significant changes and the rural economy has enjoyed all-round development. (1) Natural conditions Gansu agriculture has complicated natural conditions and varied terrain and climate types, with obvious geographical differences.The territory has a vast area of ​​land, but deserts, Gobi, bare land and swamps which are impoverished and difficult to be utilized account for about 40% of the total land area; Arable land is relatively large, but dry land accounts for the total arable land