Informatization helps "zero growth" in fertilizer use

The National Agricultural Technology Promotion Service Information Seminar and the promotion and training of zero-growth technology for fertilizer and pesticide use, jointly organized by the Plantation Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Government and Enterprise Customer Division of China Telecom Corporation, was launched in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
The Zero Growth Action for the Use of Fertilizers and Pesticides is a measure promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture since last year to increase the utilization rate of fertilizers and pesticides and reduce production costs.
In the current rapid development of information technology, strengthening grassroots agricultural technology extension services and farmers’ informatization will help reduce the amount of fertilizers and pesticides and increase efficiency, thereby effectively promoting the transformation of agricultural development methods and effectively guaranteeing agricultural production safety, agricultural product quality and safety, and the ecological environment Safe and promote the sustainable development of agriculture.
After the launching ceremony, China Telecom held a training on mobile phone application skills for farmers in the “millions of farmers learning mobile phones”.
More than 60 new agricultural business entities and agricultural technicians from Dongxihu District of Wuhan participated in the introduction of mobile Internet access and key popular applications.
Provided training, including WiFi settings, anti-fraud, photos, application downloads, etc.
; agricultural technology treasure, agricultural Internet of Things, WeChat social networking, mobile phone video and other useful and popular applications.
The subsequent technical knowledge competition for the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with zero growth will rely on the China Telecom Agricultural Technology Bao mobile application platform, using offline training, online answering questions, and on-site competitions to extensively carry out fertilizer and pesticide reduction and efficiency improvement skills training to guide farmers Scientifically fertilize and use drugs to achieve the goal of promoting cost-saving and efficiency-saving and sustainable development of agricultural production.
He Caiwen, deputy director of the Planting Industry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, mobilized and deployed the promotion and training activities of the zero-growth technology of fertilizer and pesticide use at the meeting, and required agricultural authorities at all levels to strengthen overall coordination with China Telecom and establish a cooperation mechanism.
Give full play to their respective advantages and organize on-site training and competition activities.
Delegates at the conference also visited the modern urban agricultural demonstration park in the Dongxihu District of Wuhan, and investigated the intelligent agricultural platform systems such as the automated facility greenhouse system, the Internet of Things monitoring platform, and the agricultural emergency command and dispatch platform in the park.
Liang Hongzhi, deputy general manager of the Government and Enterprise Department of China Telecom Group Corporation, stated that information technology is a booster for my country’s agricultural development to achieve leapfrog development.
China Telecom will continue to use information technology in all aspects of agricultural production, operation, management, and service, as well as rural economic and social development.
The deep integration of the fields is the main line, and the reform of agricultural production, circulation and sales methods will be accelerated.
At the meeting, agricultural technology experts and agricultural technology extension information service workers from all provinces across the country also conducted in-depth exchanges on the informatization of grass-roots agricultural technology extension services.
The provinces were concerned about the subsequent informatization of agricultural technology extension and the reduction of fertilizers and pesticides to increase efficiency.
The work further clarified the working ideas and methods.