Formerly, in the village of dauri, white lotus town, yuzhen county, members of the youngjing agricultural professional cooperative were operating drones for field operations。
A few days ago, in wanan village, wanan town, lok county, villagers were engaged in a poking operation while using agricultural machines to capture farmers。
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There was rain at dawn, and when the spring was ready, in the past few days, the land and rice seedlings of the yong-hyun agricultural cooperative in white lotus town in lui county have been running at full capacity, and the commissioner, yang yong-jung, and the staff have been busy preparing for this year's spring farming. “we have already received many service orders before spring till spring till the beginning. Thanks to these machines, the preparation of farming has improved much more efficiently.” yang smiled。
It is located in the north-west and is typical of mountainous farming districts. Of the total 179,000 acres of arable land in the county, over 60 per cent are in the mountains and on the terraces. The poor conditions of cropland and the shortage of agricultural labour have led to various levels of cropping in some towns. “who grows land and how” is a major constraint on agricultural development。
The development and application of agro-machine technology has given new impetus to agricultural development in mountain regions. In response to the short-term development of rice production in the hilly areas, in recent years the county has been brought together to deepen the integration of the arts and crafts, to promote the development of mechanization of rice production, innovation in extension and marketing of services, and to re-energize the mountain and yellow lands。
In march 2024, lok county was selected for the first list of model counties for the full mechanization of agricultural production by the ministry of agriculture and rural development (main crop groups)。
A man who eats crabs
"mr. Cheung, when is this year's live meeting? Let's use the new technology first." in the early hours of the day, the head of the centre for agricultural mechanized development of lok county, zhang ling, opened the door with great excitement。
As the director of the professional cooperative for the development of jiaji in lok county, wei sung jie likes new things and is keen to explore new technologies. He who dared to try, even though he was not understood and even labelled “unbelievably, unbelievably”, was at first reticent and eventually impressed by an “unexpected harvest”. “in the spring of 2021, they were surprised to share their experiences with me, because they didn't have the time to run their own fields, so that they could plant it on a live radio, so that they could fertilize and weed with drones, and so that the harvest could be better than those `old-fashioned' foods, which were all thanks to the new farm machine.” wei chengjie shared it with interest and interest。
If wei sung-jae is the bravest of the first crab eaters, zhang ling, director of the center for agricultural mechanized development of lok county, is undoubtedly the bravest of the “first crab catchers”。
Since her arrival at the centre in 2006, she has begun exploring the mechanization and modernization of rice production. Although efficiency gains were achieved through the introduction of machine plug technology in lok county in 2011, the extension of technology is constrained by the complex terrain conditions in yamada. “there should be more model options for farmers.”
In 2018, zhang ling was interested in news of the development of a rice radio in jiangxi by a team of rothivians. She joined the agro-technology department and quickly assembled a team of agro-machinery, agro-technology experts and cooperative leaders to visit. The results of this study are very satisfactory. But there are also those who are worried: "good is good, but can the mountains use them?"
"whether it works or not, we have to try." in may 2019, a pilot demonstration of 20 acres of rice was introduced in lok county and piloted in white lotus town. The technical steering group of experts on agro-machinery and agro-technology, while providing technical guidance to farmers on the full-scale follow-up process, provides a factual summary of technical guidelines. At the time of the acceptance in october, the demonstration tablet produced an average of 609. 7 kg of acre, an increase of 45 kg over the average acre production in previous years. The experiment was successful in making lo county a district where fujian province took the lead in introducing a rice live air。
“the area of application listed on the live radio extension did not include fujian province, and after our demonstration was successful, the staff team was surprised.” zhang ling said。
The application of live rice technology became the beginning of the challenge of mechanizing rice cultivation in the mountains of lok county. Under the technical siege of the personnel of the agricultural machinery and the agricultural technology sector, three mechanized cultivation models have evolved, based on the different landscapes and climatic conditions in the county area, for interpolation, live broadcasting of mechanical caves, and flying of drones. Different mechanized technical routes have been developed for different types of rice, such as early rice, and mechanized cultivation has been transformed from a “single option” to a “multi-option” model。
I'm watching live from the studio
If you want to farm, you have to win the farmer's heart. How new technologies are recognized is key to mechanization. “we organize on-site meetings to introduce farmers to new farm machines and new technologies, based on time. Zhang ling offers an appropriate solution to this problem。
The sudden outbreak has disrupted the plan. At the beginning of 2020, notices were issued to prohibit crowding, and the site was in danger of being suspended for a long time. However, while farming is not waiting for others, it would be meaningless to miss the promotion of the season. Technology diffusion seems to have reached a dead end。
As zhang ling sought help from the media center for bridging lok county, and put forward a “bold” idea: could we use technical means to move cameras into the fields and “take the goods” for the new technology with a “closeless rice telecast”? After discussing the details, both sides considered it worthwhile to try。
Farming was broadcast live throughout the province for the first time. This new path is also of interest to the fujian agricultural machinery general establishment, which helps to extend the two-dimensional link between live broadcasts to the local agricultural sector, and to open a different site called “inventory technology for live intercast”。
A new attempt to reap the glory. The discussions on the new farm machines in the live booths were continuously screened, with an aggregate online viewing of nearly 130,000 people, breaking the “ceiling” of traditional machinery. “one below-line site will have a maximum of 100 people, and it was expected that 500 people would be able to watch the live broadcast as soon as the target was achieved.” zhang ling is excited to say that after the live broadcast, calls were made by the agro-machine sector from beijing and inner mongolia, asking about new experiences and turning lok county into a high-profile agricultural machine promotion site。
The live presentation was highly successful and also benefited from new ways of coordinating cooperation among operational departments. In the past, agro-machinery, agro-technologies, plant protection, seeds and soil fertilization associated with farming were divided into five operational sectors, each with technical demonstration and extension tasks. For a single crop type, the application of individual technologies is far less effective than that of multiple new technologies. In recent years, the results of the transformation of lok county into a single technology extension practice, the active promotion of the one-plus-n integration model of agro-machines, based on a deeper integration, with a focus on demonstration field species selection and field water fertilizer management, have been reflected in the increased production of rice, which has been praised by farmers。
Today, each site is the “carnival” that the farmers are looking forward to: in 2023, the city's first machine was held in wanan town to reduce the skills of tai chi and the county's first air-stamping competition, and the rice field incarnation, which provided both a stage for showcasing the skills of the crew and a more intuitive sense of the performance of different brands and models. This year, a “plug-in competition” between people and agricultural machines is under way。
“a year of outreach has been carefully planned in order to provide farmers with a fresh and continuous sense of interest.” zhang ling said, “the core of outreach is to change the mindset of farmers so that they can trust agricultural machines and use new technologies”
Show it to the farmers. Help the farmers
The mechanized method of production has won farmers ' approval with strength, and yang yong is one of them。
At the 2019 field meeting, he went to a meeting with three or five of his best friends as a harvester, where various agricultural machines opened his eyes. Subsequently, he and his friends were touched to set up a cooperative, the young-hing agricultural cooperative, in white lotus town, and to contact zhang ling on its own initiative, hoping to contract a demonstration farm for 20 years at the centre。
“the use of agricultural machinery can significantly increase operational efficiency, show farmers, help farmers, use our power to re-green mountain fields.” yang yong said。
This is a microcosm of agricultural development in lok county in recent years. In response to the modern agricultural development challenge of “who grows land, how to grow land”, the innovative construction of a “farm babysitting station” with the theme of agro-machine cooperatives in lok county, which provides small farmers with a full-scale mechanized service of rice “cropping, planting, harvesting, sheltering, baking” has brought about a new change in farming。
Farming machines are used to “live” the land. In the past, the mountain fields were mainly cultivated by hand, and today there are many elderly people left behind in the town. “land blocks that are not well accessible to large machines can be broadcast by drones, and plugs can increase production by 30 per cent. Smart equipment brings new responses to live land.” yang yong says。
It is known that in 2023, the co-operative farmer of lok county rehabilitated more than 6,000 acres of wasteland and sporadic land, benefiting more than 1260 households。
The scale of the operation allows the harvest to rise. In the past, agricultural households had small and scattered fields and were inefficiently productive. The socialization of cooperatives allows for integrated planning of crop cultivation, farming time and farming patterns, and facilitates the movement of cooperative farm machines to integrated services, resulting in economies of scale and greater intensification of farm production。
On the same arable land, it is estimated that the same rice variety is grown at the same time, with a chain of custody of more than 30 acres, a 10 per cent reduction in the cost of mechanical operations and an average efficiency gain of more than $150 for the whole range of hosting acres。
“the next development goal is to develop a composite pool of people who understand and develop agro-machinery to provide guarantees for sustainable and comprehensive development. We will focus on the mechanization of rice production throughout its life cycle, making it possible to promote the full and efficient development of agricultural mechanization and to contribute to food security.” mr. Yu fong, director of the agricultural rural department of lok county. (reporter r. O. R., correspondent, watcher, wong, paper/graph)
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Change your mind
What's the key to advancing mechanization of agricultural production? The answer given by zhang ling, director of the centre for the development of agricultural mechanization in lok county, is not complex: it is a change of attitude, depending on the place。
The introduction of technology cannot be a mere “moralism”. Any new technology, a new farm machine, has its relative scope of application. If not screened, just “take it”, the result will usually be a half-wieldy. The “localization” of new things to “water and soil” can be maximized only if they are adapted to the realities of the region and adapted on the basis of research. Based on the size of the mountain field, the extension team has widened or reduced the original ten-line broadcaster to better adapt it to the different plots in the county area and to promote the widespread application of the rice broadcasting technology in the county area. Originally, a sowing machine could only be used to sow one crop, and the completion of multi-cropping operations throughout the season required the purchase of multiple sowing machines, which could result in waste and idle resources. The team succeeded in achieving efficiency gains by actively consulting and working with farm machine producers and eventually improving the new seeding machine to “one time multiplay” through the switching of moulds。
To promote technology, one should focus on “one push”. The promotion of agricultural mechanization is not so much about the availability of advanced technology as about changing the traditional mindset of farmers. New technologies and new machines are useful only if they are accepted and recognized by farmers. To this end, the county has, on the one hand, been able to move beyond the one-size-fits-all mode of promotion, using innovative forms such as live live webcasts, off-line promotions and farm machine-operated competitions, to provide farmers with an ongoing sense of freshness and to attract them to proactively learn about new farming techniques. On the other hand, by inviting farmers to observe the whole process of field cultivation and supporting it through policies such as machine subsidies, farmers are able to witness the increase in production brought about by new technologies and to feel first-hand the visible and perceived economic benefits of reducing efficiency gains, prompting them to stimulate a new dynamism in agricultural production, from “advocacy to initiative”. Turning “sleeping land” into “rich land” will guarantee food security and help revitalize villages. (journalist, robien)
