New agriculture, new youth, and modern agriculture in china are ushering in “new farmers”。
In many people's minds, agriculture was an industry of the previous generation. In fact, in recent years, from poverty eradication to rural renewal, countless young people have continued to develop a spirit of active exploration, courage to innovate, dynamism and commitment to modern agriculture。
Xu dan, head of polar farming, is one of the new farmers after 90. The first thing he went into his office every day at the planting base in beijing was to open a computer to see the temperature of the greenhouse and the operation of the equipment the night before the yunnan base。
Four years ago, xu dan returned from the netherlands, which is known for its smart greenhouse agriculture, to start a business using top glass greenhouses to grow healthy and good vegetable fruits。
Of these, tomatoes are the main hit product. Potatoes, large tomatoes and hydroponic vegetables are all among the leading domestic production levels, reaching 700,000 kg per year。
In yunnan, in kunming's do-do agricultural research base, tomato under the light
Seo dan spends most of the day with tomatoes. He said it was "crop reading." in his view, farming was not a “food-in-the-sky” option。
On the eve of the five-four-year youth festival in 2022, he was able to win more than the second multi-agricultural science and technology championships with his own tomato flying team。
He won the competition with a group of 90-year-olds. For china, an agricultural power, this youth force is needed to revitalize agriculture。
You're a big boy
China is one of the largest producers of tomatoes in the world, but domestic tomato production faces challenges in terms of environmental regulation, mechanization and low automation。
In october last year, after the first “technologies” of strawberries, the second “multi-agricultural science and technology contest” was hosted by the china agricultural university and zhejiang university. The goal of the competition is to “better and better grow”, focusing on environmental sustainability and commercial viability。
The event attracted more than 120 researchers from 15 teams worldwide。
Suh dan led the tomato short team, the jigsaw team led by the chinese agricultural university, the tomato team of young scholars at zhejiang university and the peasant brain team with a diverse scientific background, which broke into the finals of the second multi-agricultural science and technology competition。
The finalists of the 2nd multi-agricultural science and technology competition
Four teams, comprising approximately 80 per cent of post-90 members, include academic researchers from higher education backgrounds and commercial growers。
By way of example, xu dan graduated from the university of vahaningen, the netherlands, in plant science, and worked in the netherlands' largest tomato grower, royal price holland, where he had more than five years of experience in large tomato greenhouses。
The remaining members are young people from the agricultural university of china, the north-west university of agroforestry science and technology, the polar agriculture and bayer crop science。
The second was the jigsaw team led by the chinese agricultural university, with zhao zhao as an associate professor at the faculty of information and electrical engineering and yang ho as a post-90 doctorate in engineering。
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Zhu chang-an, head of the tomato team, is a doctoral student at zhejiang university, a typical farmer of the second generation, who, upon his return, wants to contribute a little to improving the efficiency of agricultural production。
After 90 years of being a car engineer, the head of the “agricultural brains” team, after having learned of the state of underdevelopment of agricultural technology and equipment in the country, voluntarily abandoned the construction of a car and moved to a doctorate in agricultural engineering。
Through long-range planting, these agglomerations of young school hegemonics grow tomatoes in the highlands greenhouses at the yunnan kunming station, which are more productive and qualitative。
As a child, xu dan said, “when we were young, adults always scared us to grow up and grow up, as if they would grow land even if they didn't know anything”
Through this competition, he wants more people to see science and technology agriculture in this era. “it is only by reading more and by reading better that the land can be planted.”
Smart agriculture
How can traditional farming practices, which “slide to the ground”, be changed to technological patterns? In the races, the school masters have their own skills。
Formerly matt damon grew potatoes on mars, and there are young chinese scientists who grow tomatoes on computers。
Starting in october last year, finalists from beijing, shanghai, zhejiang and the netherlands, through software remote control of the smart greenhouse at the yunnan kunming stadium base, grow tomatoes in combination with precision agricultural techniques such as nutrition, computer visualization and deep learning。
For example, xu dan described the team's strategy of “human integration of intelligence”, which converted advanced planting experience into algorithms and supported growers to grow high-yield, nutritious fruits。
They also install sensors in greenhouses and, through a self-researched disease management system, monitor indoor climate and plant growth while predicting the risk of common fungi diseases, helping growers to avoid most of them. This is also one of the important reasons why the team achieved the highest output and higher quality。
Captain seo dan with the team:
Captain yang ho, vice-captain of the jigara team, said they're planting sakura. In the case of tomato varieties, five cultivation programmes per metre have been developed, in accordance with the 8-16 g commercial weight requirements, in combination with the local conditions in yunnan, unlike the other single-carrying programmes。
“this breed is not growing much in the country, and we have done a great deal of research to develop hydroponic, photodynamic adjustment programmes.”
The genga team has developed the digital tomato smart control cloud platform, which allows functions such as monitoring of greenhouse environmental dynamics, monitoring of tomato growth images and identification of plant diseases。
Digital tomato smart control cloud platform developed by jigsaw
When the greenhouse environment monitors data in real time beyond the threshold, the system sends a text message to the operator; similarly, through visual technology, the system automatically provides accurate early warning once it has identified problems with leaves, flowers, fruits, etc. At different stages of growth。
The new farmers of the tomato team have developed a new type of light greenhouse co2 enrichment technology, which, while promoting photosynthesis, avoids secondary emissions from direct application of co2 but limited plant use。
As a result of this, the team has grown fruit of excellent quality, with vitamins, amino acids and tomato erythromatide levels well above those of traditional tomatoes。
In comparison to tomato cultivation, these new and innovative youths use not traditional farming methods but technology。
Speeding down
“the level of scientific and technologicalization of chinese agriculture varies widely and is uneven. Front-line technology is working on research and development, but the penetration rate of front-line planting applications is not sufficient.” after many years of deep farming, xu dan lamented。
This is the ninth year he's planted tomatoes in the greenhouse. He said that many people had a deep misunderstanding about agriculture and felt that the threshold was low and that food could be produced with seeds, land, sky and water。
“in fact, the problem facing our generation is how to grow more food using less land and water. At this point, we cannot rely on god alone; we need something else: technology." xu dan said。
Captain seo dan of the champ army "the tomato fast"
Since its inception, agriculture has been one of the core strategies of the agricultural industry。
Last august, the company announced a “billions of billion agricultural research specialty” aimed at addressing major agricultural and rural needs, with cutting-edge technologies to boost agricultural digitization。
For the second consecutive year, the multi-agricultural science and technology contest was held because of the desire to accelerate the landing of precision farming techniques. The commercialization of the outcome of the competition is particularly important。
“the mode of algorithms accumulated in this competition will be followed by a small-scale commercial pilot at the cooperative base, which will soon be rolled out to the entire country for the benefit of different growers in different regions and types of facilities.” xu dan said。
In his view, non-target agricultural products could be transformed into standardized products through modern planting, sorting, grading and even reverse upgrading of supply chain efficiency。
Technology translates into productivity, and “people” is a key element。
On the one hand, there is an increase in talent. According to zhao zhao from computer-based cross-border agriculture, agriculture is very professionally inclusive, “agriculture is the most traditional industry, and the application of new technologies such as ai combined with traditional agriculture is a way to achieve industrial upgrading. The cross-section of disciplines brings technological empowerment and the development of traditional industries enters new dimensions.”
On the other hand, the education of farmers has to be painful. Xu dan warned that, for farmers, technology goes into the field and generates more revenue. “technology, without increasing the number of people, can increase the efficiency and cost of growing, while at the same time having access to higher sales”
“the drive to improve agro-industry derives from the development and application of technology.” “it is clear to us that low-cost applications of science and technology can improve production and management in agriculture well and effectively improve the production and quality of agricultural products”, said chu jianjun, senior vice-president
With so much hope, more young people can be brought into the agricultural workforce, and more value added can be generated for agricultural products through the iterative and diffusion of technology, thereby generating more income for the vast majority of agricultural growers and truly modernizing chinese agriculture。
