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

My seedling greenhouse has achieved intelligent control, utilizing sensors and computer platforms for efficient and precise management. It can accurately measure and provide real-time feedback on temperature, soil moisture, and other conditions. The irrigation and lighting inside the greenhouse can be controlled in real time, and watering alone can save two-thirds of the water compared to the original one, greatly reducing the cost of seedling cultivation. Recently, the reporter 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 advantageous industries, adapted to the development trend of mechanization, intelligence, and remote visualization, vigorously promoted the upgrading and upgrading of agricultural facilities, and carried out smart agriculture demonstrations. 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. Utilizing the new generation of information technology to apply technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and big data to various aspects of agricultural production, achieving precision broadcasting, precision application, precise control, and full traceability.

Entering the tomato greenhouse of Song Changjiang, a villager from Nanbei Yan Village, Raoyang County, I saw various monitoring facilities and soil sensors filled the greenhouse. The display screen played real-time monitoring data such as temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide content. 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. Through the intelligent agricultural comprehensive management platform, farmers have achieved one-on-one online communication with experts from the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Raoyang County and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, greatly improving the level of planting technology and increasing 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.