Hengshui Builds a Smart Agricultural Management Platform to Enable Farmers to “Wisdom” in Farming

“My seedling greenhouse has achieved intelligent control. Using sensors and computer platforms for efficient and accurate management, it can accurately measure and real-time feedback the temperature, soil moisture and other conditions. Irrigation and lighting in the greenhouse can be controlled in real time. Irrigation alone saves two-thirds of the original water, greatly reducing the cost of seedling cultivation.” A reporter recently walked into the Guangfeng melon and vegetable seedling cultivation base in Matun Village, Zaoqiang County, The tender green seedlings are growing happily. The person in charge, Chang Guangfeng, introduced that with intelligent management, product quality has been guaranteed. All 18 seedling greenhouses are under order planting, and the seedlings are not only sold to local growers, but also exported to Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi and other places.

In recent years, Hengshui City has focused on the key links and bottleneck constraints of characteristic industries, adapted to the development trend of mechanization, intelligence and remote visualization, vigorously promoted the upgrading of agricultural facilities, and carried out smart agriculture demonstration. The city takes agricultural leading enterprises as carriers, relies on information technology, and focuses on “intelligent control, quality traceability, and remote services” as the main construction content. It has built a smart agricultural comprehensive management platform in each county and urban area. Use the new generation information technology to apply the Internet of Things, cloud computing, Big data and other technologies to all aspects of agricultural production, so as to achieve precision seeding, precision implementation, precise control, whole process traceability, etc.

Entering the tomato greenhouse of Song Changjiang, a villager in Nanbeiyan Village, Raoyang County, I saw that the greenhouse was full of various monitoring facilities and soil sensors, and the monitoring data of temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide content and other monitoring data were broadcast on the display screen in real time. I can remotely control the air vents and temperature and humidity inside the greenhouse through the app on my phone at home, “said Song Changjiang.” Technology not only brings convenience, but more importantly, it reduces costs and increases profits. After the improvement of the growth environment of tomatoes, the yield has increased, the pests and diseases have decreased, and the quality has also improved. Every batch of products sent out from here must undergo pesticide residue testing and be labeled with a QR code to ensure traceability of quality. Song Changjiang said: “Through the intelligent agricultural comprehensive management platform, farmers have realized one-on-one online communication with experts from Raoyang County Agricultural and Rural Bureau and Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which has greatly improved the level of planting technology and income.”

Based on the intelligent agricultural comprehensive management platform, the city has built a batch of modern agricultural high-tech demonstration parks that integrate high-quality fruit and vegetable production, animal husbandry, high-tech display, and deep processing of agricultural products. They have been promoted in various rural professional cooperatives and built intelligent fruit and vegetable agricultural production bases. Due to the need for remote operation of smart greenhouses through computers or mobile phones, the city has also selected young, high-quality, and economically savvy returning college students, outstanding village cadres, and “soil experts” from various villages to be included in the rural practical talent team plan. Professional and technical personnel have been invited to provide on-site skill guidance, cultivating a large number of “new farmers” who understand technology and management.