The “Village • Future” exhibition, jointly planned by Rem Koolhaas, a Dutch architect and designer of CCTV headquarters, and Samir Bantal, director of AMO, a think-tank of Office for Metropolitan Architecture, was held in the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the United States. The exhibition embodies the knowledge, wisdom and field research results of research teams from different regions around the world Students and scholars from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and University of Nairobi in Kenya also participated.
Among various exhibits, a cool looking agricultural drone with red design elements, as well as a photography work with a female pilot as the theme behind it, have attracted many visitors to stop and gain attention and recognition from multiple media outlets.
This drone is developed and manufactured by Guangzhou based Jifei Technology. With the help of a smartphone app, it can autonomously fly over various complex terrains and carry out precise pesticide application, fertilization, and seeding to combat pests and diseases and increase crop yields. Compared to traditional manual spraying methods, a flying agricultural drone can replace over 100 labor forces, reduce pesticide use by 30%, and save 90% of water resources. Under the guidance of AI agricultural prescription maps, on-demand spraying can also be carried out according to the crop growth status of different plots.
Unlike the large-scale agriculture dominated by large ground equipment in traditional Western agricultural countries, China’s small-scale agricultural economy has long constrained the development of modern rural areas due to factors such as scattered farmland, complex terrain, and lack of production tools. However, in recent years, the promotion of new technologies such as drones, artificial intelligence, robots, and the Internet of Things has brought about significant changes in the face of rural China. With the empowerment of technology, the small-scale agricultural economy has continuously improved production efficiency and provided the market with more diversified and high-quality agricultural products.
With the gradual establishment of modern agricultural production models with high efficiency, low consumption, and sustainable development, new professions such as drone drivers and agricultural managers are thriving, attracting young people to return to rural areas and empowering rural women through technology to break free from the tedious agricultural work and realize their self-worth in the wave of entrepreneurship.
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