Abstract: Since General Secretary Xi Jinping first proposed the concept of “new quality productive force” in September 2023, the term “new quality productive force in agriculture” has also been proposed and attracked increased attention. The new quality productive force in agriculture is the application and specific expression of the new quality productive force in the area of agriculture. Its essence is the transformation, application and industrialization of modern high-tech achievements in agriculture, aiming to generate new industry, new business type, new mode, new kinetic energy, and new functions, to achieve high efficiency of resources, high efficiency of production, high speed of development, high quality of products, and high-quality talents, to promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and ultimately to build a powerful agricultural country. Compared with the traditional agricultural productivity, there are eight new characteristics in new quality productive force of agriculture, including progressiveness, low-carbon, efficient, diversified, innovative, integrated, shared, and high-end. Developing new quality productive force of agriculture has important theoretical and practical significance. Firstly, it is conducive to increasing agricultural output and maintaining food security. Secondly, it would promote the increase of farmerś income and the prosperity of rural economy. Thirdly, it helps improve agricultural efficiency and build a strong agricultural country. Fourthly, it could advance the ecological environment and build a beautiful China. Fifthly, it would help lead the development of world agriculture and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The main pathways for cultivating and developing the new quality productive force of agriculture include: strengthening scientific and technological innovation, collecting ‘high-quality' data, developing new types of machinery and tools, developing new quality industries, optimizing the ecological environment, cultivating new quality talents, and establishing a new system.

Key words: new quality productive force, new quality productive force of agriculture, high quality development of agriculture