Information technology and intelligent equipment are widely used in agriculture

Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the rapid development of computers, information and communications, mechanical electronics and instrumentation technologies, information technology products such as computer networks, GPS, agricultural sensors, networked intelligent terminals and portable instrumentation have been widely used in agricultural technology extension services. For farms, they can provide timely and effective agricultural and meteorological information, farmland irrigation decision-making, agricultural machinery scheduling, and electronic trading of agricultural products. With the continuous development of modern society, the application of agricultural information technology and equipment in the field of agriculture is increasingly concerned by countries around the world.

Compared with developed countries, the application of agricultural information technology and equipment in China's agricultural technology promotion and service work started late, but the development speed is fast. At present, it is based on the “Determination and Formula Fertilization Data Management System” and “Soil moisture monitoring and early warning system. The establishment and operation of the agricultural technology information system represented by the “and plant protection and pest monitoring and reporting system” has greatly improved the effectiveness of agricultural technology extension services, and marked the promotion of new modernization methods for China’s agricultural technology promotion methods to support information and equipment. change.

The national agricultural technology information service platform was initially formed. According to incomplete statistics, 69 portals have been established in the four systems of provincial-level planting, plant protection, soil fertilizer, and seed. 86% of prefecture-level agricultural technology departments and 50% of prefecture-level agricultural technology departments have their own portal websites. The “China Agricultural Technology Promotion Network” established by the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center has now become a well-known website of the Ministry of Agriculture. With an annual hit of tens of millions of times, it is an important channel for the release, exchange, and service of agricultural technology system information.

The development and application of agricultural technology information system has achieved remarkable results. In the past 10 years, nationwide information systems, such as digitized monitoring and warning systems for crop pests and diseases, soil testing and fertilization data management systems, soil moisture monitoring and early warning systems, and the National Seed Information Online Directive System, have been successively developed and widely used. Data collection, reporting, and processing of plant protection, plant protection, soil fertility, agricultural conditions, etc. are basically networked. The digital monitoring and early warning system for major pests and diseases of crops has made significant progress after many years of construction. The results of pest and disease visualization have been remarkable. The National Plant Quarantine Computer Management System has covered 2,450 county-level plant quarantine agencies and has more than 9,600 working terminals.

Advanced intelligent equipment and information services accelerate access to agricultural technology promotion. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 8,000 sets of pest monitoring and detection equipment owned and promoted by the national agricultural technology department, 36,000 sets of precision pesticide application equipment, more than 9,000 sets of soil fertilizer testing equipment, and more than 550 sets of agricultural environmental monitoring equipment. 15,000 sets of equipment. In terms of smart equipment, from 2006 to 2007, the Ministry of Agriculture invested in building 18 national-level public opinion standard monitoring stations and 400 monitoring points in the northern regions, and purchased automatic lyrical monitoring instruments and equipment to achieve automatic soil moisture and temperature. Collection, wireless transmission, and visual expressions improve the timeliness and scientificity of public opinion monitoring. Many environmental monitoring instruments such as greenhouse dolls and greenhouse stewards are installed in greenhouses in many areas such as Beijing, Hebei, and Gansu, and they can, in the first instance, carry out the parameters such as air temperature and humidity, soil temperature and humidity, and light intensity in greenhouses. Measurement and analysis are provided to farmers in real time through voice, text messages, and other forms.

In the aspect of information services, agricultural technology departments such as Hebei, Gansu, and Guangdong cooperated with local mobile communication companies to carry out new technology promotion through SMS. With the development of modern communications and the Internet, mobile phone short messages, voice hotlines, remote videos, microblog online, QQ interactive platforms, multimedia, and e-commerce technologies are increasingly entering the field of agricultural technology promotion.