Internet of Things Technology Opens Agricultural "Wisdom" Storm

[ China Agricultural Machinery Industry News ] Up to now, nearly one-third of the new business entities such as 1376 fruit and vegetable cooperatives in Pingdu have introduced Internet of Things technology, covering tens of thousands of greenhouses, significantly reducing the number of local farmers. The labor intensity has improved the management level and received good results in reducing costs and increasing revenue.

Internet of Things Technology Opens Agricultural "Wisdom" Storm

“The key to planting greenhouse cherries is to regulate the temperature and humidity of the greenhouse. This requires hiring a large number of farmers with technical experience. However, such farmers are now more and more difficult to find.” Recently, in Shandong Province Xiaozong, the director of Qingdao Jude Fruit and Vegetable Professional Cooperative, told the reporter in the village of Dazhuangzi, Xinhe Town, Dudu City. “In the past few years, it was difficult to hire workers and hire workers, which seriously restricted the development of cooperatives. Since 2014, cooperatives have done on smart agriculture. The article promotes the application of Internet of Things technology in greenhouses, and realizes the information management of production conditions such as temperature and humidity in greenhouses, and solves this development problem."

How can one manage a 10,000 square meter greenhouse?

Agricultural information "mastered by one hand" can be completed with your fingers

The reporter saw that in Xiao Xiong's cherry winter warm greenhouse, a cluster of cherry blossoms were pretty and the flowers were overflowing. It is the key time for the management of greenhouses in spring. The quality of management at this time directly affects the quality of this year's harvest. But in this nearly 15,000 square meters shed, there is only one manager who is leisurely.

The manager is Wang Zhiyong, a graduate of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. He is only 25 years old this year. At the end of 2014, Wang Zhiyong came to the cooperative during his internship in the university. He has been working until now, and his salary is now 4,000 yuan per month. “When you use a computer keyboard or mobile phone every day, you can complete such things as roller blinds, automatic control irrigation, temperature and humidity control, etc.” Wang Zhiyong said, “In the platform of cooperatives, I not only learned the management techniques of greenhouse cherry cultivation, but also modern Agricultural development has a deeper understanding and will be of great benefit to future development."

How does Wang Zhiyong specifically manage the greenhouse? With doubts, in the data management center of the cooperative, the reporter saw a large screen of real-time data such as air temperature, humidity, wind speed, carbon dioxide concentration, illuminance, soil temperature, soil moisture, soil pH, and rainfall collected in 15 greenhouses. Xiao Xiong introduced: "There are multiple sensors in the greenhouse, and the collected data is fed back to the Internet of Things management system. The system issues instructions according to the preset scheme, and the 'back-attached' robot inside the greenhouse through the information management system and device. Control the shade nets, fans, cotton curtains and other equipment in the greenhouse for real-time adjustment. On this basis, our Internet of Things technology also realizes video surveillance in the automatic associated greenhouse, traceability of agricultural products, automatic controlled irrigation, shutter door opening and closing, Equipment such as water and fertilizer integration, the automation and automation of greenhouse management is getting higher and higher."

Speaking of this, Xiao Xiong took out the mobile phone, the relevant data of the management center, has been connected to his mobile phone through the Internet and software, connected with the mobile phone of the relevant staff, they realized the temperature, humidity, soil acid in the greenhouse. "One-handed control" of information such as alkali and nutrients.

How to achieve a new income increase?

Leveraging the Internet of Things, production controllable, quality traceability, management

The wisdom of agriculture elements has solved the development problems of Jude cooperatives. It turns out that at least 30 experienced long-term managers are needed in 15 facility greenhouses. Now, only six managers and four logisticians are needed to deal with it. According to the salary of 25,000 yuan per worker per year, the optical labor fee will save at least 500,000 yuan, and the Internet of Things technology has attracted the participation of young people and injected vitality into local agricultural development.

"In the future, farmers will have no cultural knowledge and do not understand advanced technology. Agriculture will not do much. The cooperatives will bring back young people who know technology, whether through the management of the Internet of Things or the development of e-commerce. The purpose is to use modern means. To broaden the development space of the cooperatives and bring more profit to the members." Xiao Xiong said.

Jude cooperatives can use the Internet of Things technology to enjoy the wisdom of the agricultural agriculture and benefit from the support policy of Pingdu. Beginning in 2014, the Pingdu Finance Bureau and the Agricultural Bureau confirmed the project support for the cooperative, and “implanted” a complete set of Internet of Things technology into 15 modern agricultural greenhouses, with a total investment of 750,000 yuan, of which the state subsidized 500,000 yuan.

According to Sun Jian, director of the Agricultural Bureau of Pingdu City, this “wisdom” storm opened by the Internet of Things technology has enabled agricultural production to achieve the goal of “environmentally measurable, controllable production, and traceable quality”, ensuring the quality and safety of agricultural products. It has promoted the development of modern agriculture and is a concrete practice of deepening the structural reform of the supply side of agriculture. In recent years, as the first batch of modern agricultural demonstration zones in the country, in the process of promoting the development of modern agriculture, the role of new business entities such as cooperatives has been fully utilized, and the typical role of smart agriculture has been exerted.