The temperature difference is almost 30 degrees celsius. In the new zone of lan, gansu province, the minimum outdoor temperature has dropped below 10 degrees centigrade, and the garden is warm and melted, with roses to be laid. Picking flowers, loading cars for trans-shipment, sorting and packing... The workers are busy。
With an average altitude of 1,900 metres, a cold climate and low air humidity, the natural conditions for developing traditional agriculture in the new zone of lanzhou are not good. Are there any “methods” for turning climate disadvantage into productive advantage? The greenhouse technology's “plus” allowed a new path to be found in the new zone of lanzhou. “... Since 2018, the new zone of lanzhou has invested 450,000 square metres of smart greenhouses to grow roses.” the deputy manager of the limited agricultural science and technology development corporation of the new zone of lanzhou, li jong-joon, described the low temperature, low precipitation and high light in the area as a result of which few flowers and pests were planted and were not perishable。
Smart greenhouses, sophisticated sensors, real-time monitoring, data collection, automatic control of water, fat, gas, heat, etc., allow roses to thrive in appropriate environments. “the fresh cut roses can be produced 24 hours a day, 24 hours a week, and the acres produce dozens of times more than traditional crops.” lee jong-joon said。
The increase in unit production has been accompanied by decreasing input costs. “the consortium, in cooperation with several research institutes and higher education institutions, is conducting research and development of varieties, seedling cultivation, energy conservation and reduction technologies to achieve more than 30 per cent water conservation and nearly half diet.” the managing director of the new zone farming group in lanzhou said, today, the new district of lanzhou spends nearly hundreds of millions of dollars on fresh cutting。
How can production expand when it's hot
“hello! Welcome to the live room, the roses that have just been picked, the flowers are beautiful and fragrance is rich.” in front of the camera, several anchors are enthusiastically introducing the characteristics of fresh roses. In the new zone of lanzhou, the flower industry base has set up an electrician live team to sell flowers on short video platforms。
"as a result of more than a year of exploration, the team gradually acquired the `flow code'." the leader, li xin, said that the team currently has six anchors, with two live broadcasts per day and more than 40,000 flowers sold daily. “on every holiday, we add a live broadcast and extend it to five times the usual amount.” currently, the base flower line sales are close to one tenth of total sales。
Flowers are fragile and perishable so that logistics can reach consumers in time. “the base has storage distribution facilities, such as flower storage, air conditioning and cryogenic cold storage, for which the user is on the first order of business and picks flowers the next morning and arranges delivery that afternoon. At the same time, within 48 hours of delivery to domestic users, through the `line-on-line electrician + line-down flower shop + pool warehouse + front warehouse' model。
Sino-cagawa international airport in lanzhou runs a “green corridor” for the transportation of flowers, which helps to sell flowers to countries such as japan, viet nam, korea and singapore. “airway routes currently number 195. A flower cut from a production base to a country in south-east asia will take two days at the earliest.” qui fengdong says。
The beautiful rose is the "rich flower" of the folks。
Hand in hand, cut, pointed to the branches, and the roses fell into a basket. Li su ying, a 42-year-old villager of qinchuan town, picked up the flowers with skill and skill. "i've been a picker for four years, and i earn 6,000 a month!" said lee su-young。
“in addition to harvesting, there are a number of works in the base, such as plant protection, packaging, product control, etc. We have built four hands-on training bases for the integration of labour, invited agricultural experts to train indigenous flower farmers who grow, tend, process and understand flowers.” lee jong-joon said. More than 4,100 farmers are known to be working through the “business-worker-farmer” model。
Entering the qinchuan gardens of modern agricultural estates, the sunshine house, 60,000 asian lilies. " it's a lilies ball that we've grown on our own, with many flowers and long seasons。
At times, more and more people choose to live with flowers, and single flowers are difficult to meet market demands. In addition to planting roses, the new zone of lanzhou has been experimenting with the introduction of high-value and productive varieties of flowers, such as pelicans, lilies, tulips and orange infarction, which form a complex development model of “base roses plus cut flowers”。
“in the future, we will continue to expand the area where flowers are grown, increase the level of intellectualization of production, promote the fine processing of flowers' products, extend the industrial chain, and force the `better economy'.” according to li bin, deputy director of the department of agriculture, forestry and water of the new district of lanzhou。
Daily people's journal (11/02/02 07 edition)
(signed: yang guangyu, hu yongqiu)
