Entering Shicheng County, Jiangxi Province in May, tobacco leaves are thriving in the scorching sun. Now it is the mature period of tobacco leaves in Shicheng tobacco growing area, and whether the pest control work is well done has a crucial impact on the income of tobacco farmers.
Under the blue sky, accompanied by a “buzzing” sound, drones rose from the ground and flew towards the vast tobacco fields to begin specialized plant protection operations.
“Master Chonghua, this year you also use UAVs for pest control?” In Xinhe Village, Mulan Township, Shicheng County, the smoke technician Wen Shiqi said with a smile.
Previously, I couldn’t even imagine that tobacco production could still be done like this. When I first started planting tobacco, my 30 acre planting contract was in five or six places, and many places were still inaccessible to large agricultural machinery, all relying on tricycles and manual labor. Now, it’s different. I planted 110 acres of tobacco this year, all on the same field. Turning, ridging, and spraying were all mechanized operations, which really saves labor and time Chen Xinhua, a tobacco grower in Chenjiang Village, Fengshan Township, Shicheng County, said.
Shicheng County has been planting tobacco since the 1960s, making it a true old area for tobacco production. However, with the development of the economy and society, as well as the continuous intensification of the aging of tobacco farmers, the large number of tobacco planting village groups, the large number of tobacco farmers, and the scattered layout of tobacco areas have brought great difficulties to the mechanized production of tobacco.
The mechanization of tobacco fields is the foundation for achieving the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy. In recent years, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Shicheng County has actively sought support from local governments and worked together to optimize the planting subjects and tobacco planting fields. Priority will be given to high-quality production areas, basic tobacco farmers, suitable tobacco fields, and concentrated contiguous areas in the tobacco production plan. Evaluation of tobacco planting capacity will be conducted on tobacco farmers, and the “one household, one curing” model will be vigorously promoted to promote the layout and quality of tobacco production.
In recent years, the aging of tobacco farmers has continued to intensify, and the labor costs for tobacco production have continued to rise, which has had a significant negative impact on the homogenization of tobacco production and the improvement of tobacco planting efficiency for tobacco farmers in the entire county. To solve these problems, we have continuously worked hard to optimize the layout of tobacco planting and the structure of tobacco farmers. Now, we have achieved the goal of running away large agricultural machinery and flying drones in the tobacco field. We also hope that tobacco seedling transplanters and tobacco harvesters will enter the tobacco field when they enter The arrival of the generation will further reduce work and costs for tobacco farmers Chen Qionghong, Deputy Manager of Shicheng County Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, said.
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