In 2021, Under the support of the Autonomous Region Science and Technology Association, Andier Township of Minfeng County selected farmers to establish a "Melon Science and Technology Courtyard" to further promote the development of agriculture in the jurisdiction. In order to achieve the goal of high quality and high yield of crops, high resource efficiency and environmental protection, rely on scientific researchers to take root in the front line of agricultural production for a long time, serve farmers with "zero distance, zero threshold, zero time difference and zero cost", guide farmers to carry out efficient green production, promote crop yield, resource efficiency, farmer income and ecological environmental protection, and gradually promote rural cultural construction and agricultural management system reform, and explore the road of green and sustainable development of modern agriculture.
Small courtyards were built in the village to allow close contact with farmers. In production practice, it is generally difficult for farmers to find professional scientific and technological personnel, and there is less direct communication between scientific researchers and farmers, and the needs of farmers are not understood, resulting in scientific research results staying in the test field, it is difficult to truly meet the needs of farmers, and the application of their results is often "discounted". Andil Township "melon science and technology courtyard" is built in the village, out of the countryside and farmland, the location of the courtyard is selected in the farmer's home, to ensure that it not only for the scientific researchers to stay in the front line of agricultural production for a long time, the first time to understand the needs of farmers to provide a job guarantee, but also for farmers to obtain agricultural knowledge, information and technology to provide a convenient platform, at the same time can also use the courtyard to hold various activities, enhance the relationship with farmers, help researchers and agricultural producers "zero distance" communication.
Taking the needs of farmers as the traction, we will carry out targeted scientific and technological innovation and services. Demand-oriented is the premise that scientific and technological innovation and services can be adopted and applied by farmers. One of the important reasons for the low efficiency of the transformation of existing agricultural scientific and technological achievements is that it is disconnected from the scientific and technological needs of the frontline of agricultural production. The scientific researchers of the "Melon Science and Technology Institute" in Andil Township rely on the "Small Courtyard" to take root in the front line of agricultural production for a long time, follow the path of "realistic demand - theoretical research - technology research and development - practical application", carry out targeted scientific and technological innovation and services for the practical problems encountered by farmers in production, and achieve "zero distance" between scientific research and production, so it is highly recognized by the local people.
Engage farmers in participatory innovation. Scientific and technological innovation and services oriented to farmers' needs are necessary but not sufficient conditions for improving the utilization rate of agricultural scientific and technological achievements, because farmers' production habits, risk tolerance, and selection preferences are the determinants that affect whether scientific and technological achievements can eventually be adopted. The scientific and technological innovation and scientific and technological service supply activities of agriculture-related universities and scientific research institutes are generally carried out by such subjects alone, and farmers are rarely absorbed to participate in actual innovation activities, so the scientific and technological achievements and services provided are "unsatisfactory". The researchers of the "Melon Science and Technology Institute" in Andil Township repeatedly discussed the feasibility of the plan with the farmers, led the farmers to implement it together, so that the farmers had an intuitive understanding of scientific research and established trust in the technical plan. This kind of participatory technological innovation has formed a green production and efficiency increase technology model that meets the characteristics of local production and the needs of farmers, and effectively solves the problem of separating scientific and technological personnel from farmers.
Establish a multi-level system training service system. The improvement of peasants' scientific quality will help enhance their awareness and enthusiasm for adopting scientific and technological achievements and improve the effectiveness of the application of scientific and technological achievements. Therefore, peasant training is a necessary means to improve the scientific quality of farmers. The "Melon Science and Technology Institute" in Andier Township has broken through the practice of "emphasizing scientific research and light application" of agricultural science and technology in colleges and universities, and while carrying out scientific and technological innovation, it has also carried out flexible and diverse targeted training for different subjects, and built a training network integrating "township, village and household". In townships and towns, carry out "science and technology lecture halls" activities for township technical backbones and village cadres, and promote mutual exchanges and learning between township technicians and teachers and students; In the village area, comprehensively carry out winter agricultural leisure time training and routine training, use science and technology corridors and science and technology alleys to carry out self-study training, and use science and technology trolleys and science and technology broadcasts for mobile training; In the face of farmers, field schools are used to display and train, and trainees are recruited to systematically train them, which improves the scientific and technological quality of trainees and plays a pioneering role in the promotion of science and technology.
Through various activities, farmers' trust and support for the science and technology institute are enhanced. Good interaction between farmers and scientific and technological personnel can enhance farmers' trust in scientific and technological personnel, thereby promoting farmers' adoption of scientific and technological achievements. This interaction can arise from both agriculture-related activities and other non-agricultural activities. The scientific researchers of the "Melon Science and Technology Institute" in Andil Township have taken advantage of their villages to organize and participate in a number of local cultural activities and festival activities, such as forming dance teams, opening night schools for farmers and herdsmen, carrying out cooking competitions, holding "June 1st" parties and Mid-Autumn Festival fraternities, and carrying out "one-on-one" pairing and support activities, which have enriched the cultural life of the masses, promoted the formation of the village style of "respecting the old and loving the young", and also promoted the construction of local "beautiful villages". Through the holding of these non-agricultural activities, the communication and expression ability of farmers has been improved, the feelings between researchers and farmers have been enhanced, and a good foundation has been laid for communication and participatory innovation between the two.