Abstract:

Various food safety issues have occurred in recent years，which results in people’s appeal for a green turn in agriculture. Starting from the connotations of green agriculture，this paper probes into the significance and prospect as well as the approaches of the green turn in agriculture. And based an analysis of the attributes of agriculture as a public product，we hold that the economic costs generated in the transformation process should not be covered by the ordinary people，and suggests that the state should play an active leading role in this process so that all the people can enjoy healthy and safe food as the result of the green transformation.

Key words: green agriculture, the green turn of agriculture, technological innovation, ecological agriculture of high value, agricultural sustainable development