Spring returns to the earth, and Vientiane "cultivates" new. In mid-April, at the site of the high-standard farmland construction project in Albas Sumu, Etuoke Banner, more than a dozen large farming machines were lined up, ploughing the ground, applying fertilizer, and sowing seeds...... With the order of the crew, the farming machine galloped together in this fertile field, "waking up" the farmland that was still dormant in spring.
"This year, we have built two high-standard farmland construction projects in Albas Sumu, 15,000 mu in Saiyin Usu Gacha and 5,000 mu in Bayin Tolgaigacha, with a total area of 20,000 mu of new and upgraded high-standard farmland, with a total investment of 50.43 million yuan. A total of 5 projects, including pipeline laying, greening, and field fertility improvement, started on March 22 and are about to be completed. Organic fertilizer is being applied and the land is being leveled, after which planting will begin, and spring sowing is expected to be completed around early May. Chen Yongxia, head of the planting and fishery management unit of the Etuoke Banner Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau, said.
The construction of high-standard farmland is a key measure to consolidate and improve grain production capacity and ensure food security. In the past few days, there has been a busy scene everywhere at the project site of the high-standard farmland construction in the Etuoke Banner, and the workers have taken advantage of the fine weather to hurry up the construction, level the land, lay pipelines, and build new well houses...... The "Spring March" of the construction of high-standard farmland in the Etuoke Banner was played.
It is understood that the high-standard farmland construction project has improved the basic conditions of the original agricultural production through the comprehensive improvement and scientific support of fields, water and roads, and has not only realized the interconnection of fields, but also realized the connection and communication of water networks, field networks and road networks, which not only saves costs but also improves grain production, and realizes the double improvement of the quality and quantity of cultivated land. At present, a total of 125,000 mu of high-standard farmland has been built in Etuoke Banner, and the "farming" foundation for high-quality agricultural development has been continuously consolidated.
Beidou navigation, unmanned driving, 5G, cloud computing...... With the accelerated emergence of new technologies, smart agriculture has shown its talents, and more and more "black technologies" have been applied to the high-quality development of agriculture.
Walking into the experimental demonstration base of Etuoke Banner Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Technology Extension Center, there is a large screen full of modernity in front of you. Through the screen, farm weather, soil moisture, crop growth, etc. can be monitored in real time, and the monitoring results can be clicked and viewed at any time on the electronic screen.
"In 2021, we built this set of smart agriculture demonstration and promotion platform, and at the same time introduced a variety of smart agriculture monitoring equipment in the construction of high-standard farmland, smart agriculture monitoring equipment collects various data such as meteorology, moisture, seedlings, diseases and pests in the field, and uploads it to the smart agriculture cloud platform through wireless transmission to help farmers understand soil texture, nutrient status and other content. Improve water resource utilization. Zhou Feixing, deputy director of the Etuoke Banner Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Technology Extension Center, said while demonstrating to reporters what the content was.
With a smartphone in his hand, he has a "field management map" in front of him. "Now with this smart agriculture platform, farmers only need to circle the land they planted on the mobile app, and they can see the growth of crops, water content, land nutrient abundance, etc., which is very convenient compared to the past. Zhou Feixing continued.
In the Smart Agriculture Demonstration and Extension Center, the power of science and technology can be seen everywhere. After clicking on the "Meteorology" section on the screen, the reporter can see a variety of agricultural meteorological information, including weather forecasts, agricultural operation suitability index, etc. It is understood that farmers can grasp the timing of spraying and watering according to the weather forecast, so that farmers can "know the sky and do it", saving time, effort and cost.
"In the past, the planting ground was facing the loess with its back to the sky, and I was busy in the fields every day. Now sitting at home, you can complete the daily management of field irrigation, fertilization and so on with 'one-click operation'. On the mobile phone, farmers can check the growth of crops and soil moisture anytime and anywhere, and the big data automatically analyzes and follows up farmland management, realizing farmland management 'from the sky, counting in the cloud, and managing in the palm of your hand'," said Zhou Feixing.
At the home of Garima Dorji, a herdsman from Saiyin Usu Gacha in the Etuoke Banner, tractors are shuttling back and forth in the fields, preparing for the upcoming spring ploughing. This year, Garima Dorji plans to plant some sunflowers on the basis of the original corn planting, he told reporters, this year's spring ploughing is empowered by science and technology, and he is full of confidence. It turned out that the agricultural machinery in the field was equipped with the Beidou navigation system, which could drive itself along a pre-set route, which greatly improved the quality of farming.
"In the past, there was no Beidou navigation, and it was easy to make errors through manual driving of the seeder, but now with Beidou navigation, it is much more accurate and convenient, it can plan the design map for the field through satellite signals, and the crops planted are both uniform and neat, avoiding land waste, and also improving food production. Garima Dorji said.
In recent years, Etuoke Banner has relied on modern science and technology such as Beidou navigation and plant protection drones to gradually improve the level of agricultural intelligence. It is reported that from 2021 to 2023, Etuoke Banner will successively introduce hundreds of Beidou navigation assisted driving systems, and 112 new units will be added in 2024, involving 57 agricultural machinery service organizations in the whole banner, all of which have been put into spring production.
The Beidou navigation assisted driving system can not only reduce the labor intensity of agricultural operators, improve operation efficiency, and improve the utilization rate of cultivated land, but also reduce the loss rate of machine harvest during the autumn harvest. While sitting on a tractor and plowing the land, Garima Dorji sighed that today's high technology has made the busy farming season more leisurely.
Garima Dorji is not only a big grower of Saiyin Usu, but he is also the head of a local agricultural machinery cooperative. It is understood that a total of 57 agricultural machinery service organizations have been established in Etuoke Banner, including 16 agricultural machinery professional cooperatives. Through large-scale services and modern equipment, the agricultural machinery service organization carries out deep ploughing, loosening, and leveling operations on the land, which not only provides a good soil environment for the sowing of high-standard farmland, but also reduces the production cost of local farmers.
Science and technology empowerment, a new chapter of green fields, "wisdom" ploughing fertile fields, loess songs. In 2024, it is expected that the total sown area of crops will reach 530,000 mu, and some high-standard farmland and smart agriculture will achieve integrated development, and various high-tech and intelligent agricultural machinery will be applied. From "knowing how to farm" to "smart farming", from "mechanization" to "high standards", now, a new picture of high-quality agricultural development brought together by new technologies, new models and new methods is slowly unfolding in the land of Etuoke.
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