In late July, 740000 acres of high-quality machine harvested cotton in Manas County entered the flowering and boll period, growing happily. As a national high-quality commodity cotton production base, Manas County actively explores a new path of digital empowerment for rural revitalization, accelerates the digital transformation of various fields and links of traditional agriculture, vigorously promotes the application of new digital agriculture technologies such as satellite remote sensing, intelligent drip irrigation, and smart farms, cultivates “new farmers” who adapt to the development of digital agriculture, and adds new momentum to the high-quality development of agriculture.
On July 23rd, in Huanggong Village, Baojiadian Town, Manas County, pump room administrator He Pingshan was dribbling “high yield water” for 13000 acres of high standard farmland, “by opening the ‘Huifeng Harvest’ app platform on his phone, and within 3 seconds, he could activate the electric valve of the Internet of Things in the field for precise drip irrigation of water and fertilizer, which is labor-saving and time-saving.
Zhang Shengbin, Secretary of the Party General Branch of Huanggong Village in Baojiadian Town, introduced that relying on the advantages of abundant water resources and abundant land, the cotton industry in the village has gradually formed a certain scale of development. In 2022, the village will strive for a high standard farmland construction project with a funding of 9.45 million yuan, and the cotton planting professional cooperative will self raise a supporting fund of 4 million yuan to install irrigation equipment such as water fertilizer integrated machines and IoT electric valves for 6300 acres of farmland.
Digital agriculture is a collective concept that mainly includes agricultural Internet of Things, precision agriculture, agricultural big data, and smart agriculture. The IoT electric valve comes with solar power supply and 5G communication, which can wirelessly control farmland irrigation 24/7, achieving large-scale automation and precision water-saving drip irrigation.
The relevant agricultural departments of the county have collaborated with China Agricultural University, Northwest A&F University, Shihezi University, Xinjiang Agricultural University, and Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences to carry out research on the application of intelligent water and fertilizer integration technology. Build a high standard farmland digital transformation demonstration pilot training base in Huanggong Village, Baojiadian Town, and commission Xinjiang Huier Agriculture and Xinjiang Xinlianxin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. to conduct comparative experiments on intelligent water and fertilizer integration technology, accelerating the on-site transformation of scientific research achievements. In 2022, the water consumption of cotton from planting to harvesting was reduced to 360 cubic meters per acre, continuing a new record for agricultural water-saving in northern Xinjiang.
Talents are the key to rural revitalization. In order to cultivate “new farmers” who can adapt to the development of digital agriculture, Guangdong Dixiang Binghu Village invited agricultural technology experts and enterprise digital service teams to carry out intelligent water and fertilizer integration training, improving the villagers’ ability to apply digital agriculture technology. 122 villagers obtained the “new farmer” vocational qualification certificate. Since the beginning of this year, the entire county has conducted 8 large-scale training sessions on the promotion and application of digital agriculture technology, making 18000 farmers “technology savvy” in digital agriculture practical technology.
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