Up to now, of the 1376 new fruits and vegetables cooperatives in Pingdu City, nearly one-third of the main business entities have successively introduced the Internet of Things technology to cover tens of thousands of facilities and sheds, drastically reducing the labor intensity of local peasants and improving the management level , Received a good result of lowering costs and boosting incomes.
IoT technology opens the "smart" storm in agriculture
"The most important thing for us to grow a greenhouse cherry is to regulate the temperature and humidity of the greenhouse, which requires a large number of skilled farmers. However, farmers are getting harder and harder now." Recently, in Shandong Province Xiao Zhuangzi, Xinhe Town, Pingdu City, Xiao Xiong, director of Qingdao Jude Fruit and Vegetable Professional Cooperative Association, told reporters: "In the past few years, employing workers was hard and the employment of your employees severely hampered the development of cooperatives.Since 2014, Make an effort to popularize the application of Internet of things technology in the greenhouse and realize the information management of the production conditions such as the temperature and humidity in the greenhouse and solve the problem of development.
How to manage one million square meters of greenhouses?
Agricultural information "one hand grasp", moving fingers can be completed
The reporter saw that in Xiao Xiong's cherry winter warm shed, a cluster of cherry blossoms bloom branches, flowers overflowing. It is the key period of the spring greenhouse management, the quality of management at this time a direct impact on the quality of this year's harvest. However, in this nearly 15,000 square meters of greenhouse, but only one manager relaxed figure.
This management staff called Wang Zhiyong, he is a graduate of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, only 25 years old this year. By the end of 2014, Wang Zhiyong still came to the cooperative during the university internship and has been working till now, now the salary is 4,000 yuan per month. "Every day moving a computer keyboard or mobile phone, you can complete such as blinds wind, automatic control of irrigation, temperature and humidity control, etc." Wang Zhiyong said, "In the cooperative platform, I not only learned the greenhouse cherry cultivation management techniques, Agricultural development has a deeper understanding of the future development of great benefit. "
Wang Zhiyong specifically how to manage the shed it? With doubts, in the cooperative data management center, the reporter saw a large screen of real-time data such as air temperature, humidity, wind speed, carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity, soil temperature, soil moisture, soil pH, Xiao Xiong introduced: "There are many sensors in the greenhouse, the collected data is fed back to the Internet of Things management system. The system sends out instructions according to the preset solution. Through the information management system and the" back attached robot "installed inside the greenhouse, , Control the shade of the greenhouse green, fans, cotton curtains and other equipment, real-time adjustment.On this basis, our IOT technology also enables automated video surveillance within the associated greenhouse, traceability of agricultural products, automatic control of irrigation, opening and closing shutter doors, Water and fertilizer integration and other equipment, shed management intelligent, higher and higher degree of automation.
Here, Xiao Xiong took out the cell phone, management center data has been connected to his cell phone through the Internet and software, and related staff mobile phones, they achieved the greenhouse temperature, humidity, soil acid Alkali, nutrients and other information of the "one hand grasp."
How to achieve cost-effective income?
Leveraging the Internet of Things, production controllable, quality traceable and efficient management
The intellectual agricultural element has solved the development problem of Jude cooperative. It turns out that at least 15 experienced greenhouses need at least 30 long-term managers. Now it takes only 6 managers and 4 logistics staff to respond. According to the calculation of wages of 25,000 yuan per worker per year, light labor costs have saved at least 500,000 yuan. And the Internet of Things technology has attracted the participation of young people and infused vitality into the development of local agriculture.
"In the future, if farmers do not have any cultural knowledge and advanced technologies, they will not engage in agriculture. Our cooperatives recall young people who understand technology. Whether through management of the Internet of Things or the development of e-commerce, the objective is to use modern means , Broaden our development space for cooperatives and bring more profit margins to members. "Xiao Xiong said.
The Jude Cooperative can take the lead in using the Internet of Things technology to enjoy the smart agricultural bonus and benefit from the supportive policy of Ping Du. Since 2014, Pingdu Finance Bureau and Agriculture Bureau have decided to provide project support to this cooperative and "implant" a set of Internet of Things technologies into 15 modern agricultural greenhouses for a total investment of 750,000 yuan, of which 500,000 yuan will be subsidized by the state.
According to Sun Jian, director of Pingdu City Agriculture Bureau, this "smart" storm opened through the Internet of Things technology has enabled agricultural production to achieve the goal of "environmental measurability, controlled production and traceable quality", which not only ensures the quality and safety of agricultural products , But also promoted the development of modern agriculture. It is a concrete practice of the local government to further promote the structural reform of the agricultural supply side. In recent years, as the first batch of modern agricultural demonstration areas in the country, Pingdu has given full play to the leading role of new business entities such as cooperatives and promoted the typical leading role of smart agriculture in promoting the development of modern agriculture.