Five Recommendations for Agricultural Informatization Construction Abroad
Guide: China's agriculture has long been in a state of underspecialization and insufficient mechanization, and such agricultural production directly leaves agricultural products uncompetitive in the market. Not only can information accessibility greatly improve the circulation of agricultural products for agriculture, it can also minimize the risks of agricultural production and avoid situations of oversupply. At present, accelerating the development of informatization and promoting the integration of informatization and modernization have become an important trend in agricultural development in various countries.
UK: Big data powers “precision agriculture”
The UK agricultural sector applies big data to agriculture to meet the requirements of climate change and global agricultural production competition.
1. Introduce digital technology, sensor technology and spatial geographic technology to build a large agricultural database. Starting from global supply-side climate change data, conduct more precise planting and breeding;
2. Use big data to improve the matching of information between agricultural production and market demand. Produce only as much as the market demands.
To achieve the above two points, the Ministry of Agriculture calls on the government to issue relevant policies to strengthen the agricultural information network: achieve full broadband coverage in rural areas; establish platforms and channels to aggregate and analyze accurate agricultural production information.
US: “Informatized agriculture” supports agricultural development
1. The government steps in to build agricultural information data centers with considerable scale and influence. For example, centralized systems for collecting and publishing agricultural information, agricultural research and extension systems, company systems that integrate research, production and extension, and farmers' private self-service organizations.
2. The United States adopts an investment model combining government input with capital market operations, comprehensively advancing agricultural informatization construction in areas such as the application of agricultural information technology, the construction of agricultural information networks, and the development and utilization of agricultural information resources.
3. The use of global positioning systems, farmland remote sensing monitoring systems, farmland geographic information systems, agricultural expert systems, intelligent agricultural machinery systems, environmental monitoring systems, system integration, networked management systems and training systems enables fine-tuned adaptive watering, fertilizing and pesticide spraying for crops.
3. Agricultural informatization enterprises play a huge role; these companies analyze and forecast agricultural data and provide it to agricultural producers for farm production management and precision farming, helping farm owners improve production efficiency.
France: The “big agriculture” system safeguards agricultural production in all respects
Based on small and medium-sized farms, French agriculture mainly follows a “trinity” agricultural informatization system to achieve intensive cultivation.
1. The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for collecting, aggregating and publishing agricultural product information. The database covers various agricultural fields, including planting, fisheries, livestock, and agricultural product processing.
2. France will build a “big agriculture” data system. This includes high-tech research and development, commercial market consulting, legal and policy safeguards, and internet applications.
With the strong push from the French government, French farmers can learn basic agricultural information and market conditions online without leaving home. Therefore, after understanding detailed agricultural information, French farmers can adjust the categories and output of farm products in a targeted and timely manner to maximize efficiency.
Germany: Cloud processing technology for “digital agriculture”
Germany is committed to developing a higher level of “digital agriculture.” Through the application of big data and cloud technology, data such as weather, soil, precipitation, temperature and geographic location of a field are uploaded to the cloud, processed on the cloud platform, and then the processed data is sent to intelligent large-scale agricultural machinery to direct them in precision operations.
Japan: “Online farms” combine interaction and personalization
Personalized “online farms”: urban residents can sow, cultivate, fertilize and harvest online at their own discretion, so that organic vegetables grown according to their own wishes can be served on their own dining tables.
1. Consumers sign contracts with farms themselves to rent farm plots and bear the corresponding costs themselves, but the work is carried out by farm employees.
2. The farm needs to publish crop growth conditions on the website through photos, videos, etc., so that consumers can observe the crops' growth at any time. When the crops mature, farm employees harvest and pack the products and mail them to consumers' homes on time.
3. A specialty swap market and online store: consumers can swap their own products with those of other farm users, and can also sell surplus products in the online store, with all income going to themselves.
4. Consumers will also bear risks such as reduced yields caused by weather, thereby sharing the farm owner's risks in this way.
The research report states that Japanese online farms generally connect with 50 to 100 urban households, which is a relatively ideal operating scale.
China's agricultural informatization construction
1. As emphasized by the informatization construction of various countries, information accessibility requires the government to establish corresponding database support. China needs to strengthen the government's awareness of informatization and provide strong support for agricultural informatization.
2. To build informatized agriculture, it is necessary to introduce technology, increase research and development efforts on related technologies, and effectively grasp the application of agricultural information technology.
3. The cultivation of professional talent is also a very important part, and when necessary, talent introduction can be carried out first.
4. Establish and improve informatized agricultural platforms to achieve seamless matching of production and sales information
5. Use “Internet+” thinking to innovate agricultural production models. For example, Japan's online farms not only avoid risks but also make agricultural production transparent and interactive, allowing residents to get close to the source of their food.