Plant protection drones spray pesticides in the fields, saving manpower
On August 27, at the rice planting base of the Haiqing Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative in Liyang City, two unmanned plant protection drones were seen spraying at a height of about 1.5 m above the ground to control rice diseases and pests. Zhou Guomin, head of the Liyang City Plant Protection Station, said that because the drones fly close to the ground, the pesticide can be sprayed directly onto the roots of the rice without being wasted.
The use of drone operations was only piloted this year, and this is also the third generation of agricultural input plant protection technology. From mist sprayers to high-pressure pumps, and then to drones, this is not only the transformation and upgrading of agricultural mechanized operations, but also an innovation in agricultural aerial plant protection technology. "10 kg of pesticide can now be used on 10 mu of land, averaging 1 mu per minute, saving labor, saving effort, being environmentally friendly, safe and highly efficient," Zhou Guomin said.
Zhao Min, chairman of the Haiqing Cooperative, pointed to the field edge and said that this patch of rice was all her own, totaling more than 3000 mu. In previous years at this season, she had to hire 20 to 30 workers to spray pesticides together, spraying continuously for several days. On hot days, each person still had to wrap up tightly from head to toe, and one person could only cover 1 mu in half an hour. "This year it is all contracted to the 'agricultural aerial plant protection' company. Although I have to pay a service fee of 10 yuan per mu, which is 3 yuan more expensive than manual fertilization with high-pressure pumps, the efficiency is high, and I do not have to run around looking for people."
The agricultural aerial plant protection company was only established on May 25 this year and is an initiative of the Liyang City Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Rui Zixia, director of the Liyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, said that in order to achieve the goal of zero growth in chemical fertilizers and pesticides, they introduced scientific and technological plant protection technology and actively promoted agricultural aerial plant protection. Jiangsu Sunan Agricultural Materials Distribution Co., Ltd. invested more than 1.1 million yuan to purchase 6 drones and cooperated with Henan Nongfeike Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Jinhe Plant Protection Co., Ltd. to provide unified prevention and control of crop diseases, pests and weeds for agriculture in Liyang City and Jintan District. At present, they have established cooperative relations with 15 professional cooperatives, serving more than 11000 mu of farmland.
It is understood that the Liyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative has been listed by the Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative as a pilot for comprehensive reform across the province. With strong support from the municipal party committee and municipal government, and in accordance with the general requirement of "reform ourselves, serve farmers," it has comprehensively and deeply advanced comprehensive reform.
Reorganize and transform to expand service space. They effectively connected the intangible resources of the supply and marketing cooperative with the tangible platform of professional cooperatives to build service carriers. For example, the Shezhu Supply and Marketing Cooperative, on the basis of the Yinlian Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative, implemented the "four-in-one" transformation of the grassroots cooperative and invested 500000 yuan to establish an agricultural materials distribution center, forming a grassroots organization complex integrating "grassroots cooperative + cooperative + rural cooperative federation + agricultural materials distribution." While serving nearly 200 farming households and more than 2000 mu of farmland, it also provided harvesting and rice transplanting services for some farmers in Langxi County, Anhui.
Cooperation between cooperatives and enterprises to improve the agricultural materials business service system. The Nandu Supply and Marketing Cooperative contributed 1.75 million yuan to cooperate with Sunong Liyang Company to establish Sunan Agricultural Materials Distribution Co., Ltd., renovate two municipal-level distribution centers and 20 agricultural materials outlets, standardize agricultural materials distribution for 85 agricultural materials chain outlets, and establish user files and implement a traceability system. At the same time, it boosted the transformation from agricultural materials sales to agricultural materials services, established the first Huachang Academician Workstation of the Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and set up a supporting standardized soil testing and formula fertilization laboratory. At present, it has provided free soil testing, formula fertilization and expert lectures for 73 large growers in Liyang, and also held 98 "materials and technology integration" farmer training sessions, training more than 9000 person-times.
It is reported that since 2011, the municipal government has allocated 1 million yuan each year specifically for the construction of the supply and marketing cooperative's service system for farmers; the municipal supply and marketing cooperative has allocated more than 1 million yuan each year specifically for the construction of model service cooperatives for farmers and the transformation of grassroots cooperatives. Next, the comprehensive reform of the Liyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative will focus on the "333" goal and make three major breakthroughs:
In the face of the problem of inflexible management systems, create 3 major centers: the Municipal Cooperative Economic Organization Guidance Service Center, the Service Management Center for Farmers, and the Cooperative-Owned Asset Investment and Operation Center, improve the assessment and evaluation system for grassroots cooperatives' service work for farmers, and enhance grassroots cooperatives' ability to serve farmers.
In the face of the problem of weak grassroots organization construction, build 3 service levels for farmers: explore the shareholding cooperative development model of grassroots supply and marketing cooperatives, the cooperation system of "municipal rural cooperative federation + town rural cooperative federation + professional cooperative," and the new model of running service cooperatives for farmers through "cooperative-village joint construction."
In the face of the problem of business degeneration, innovate 3 business service formats: improve the agricultural materials business service system and build a "five-in-one" service model integrating "agricultural materials supply, agricultural product purchasing and sales, agricultural machinery services, agricultural technology promotion, and farmer training"; improve the agricultural product purchasing and sales service system, establish an "online supply and marketing cooperative" platform and cooperate with e-commerce to develop agricultural product e-commerce; improve the rural assured consumption service system, and establish a chain operation network with unified signage, distribution, management and service.