Mobile WeChat becomes a good helper for farmers in Zhaoyuan to get rich

“Mobile WeChat is really great. It lets us find agricultural experts to help anytime and anywhere, it's fast, and it doesn't cost a single cent. With just a tap of the finger, we can get wealth-building information, technical guidance and market prices through WeChat. It's really so convenient.” Ren Laishuang, a large peanut grower in Gongyingzi Village, Minyi Township, Zhaoyuan County, said happily while holding his phone.

Ren Laishuang, 38 years old this year, has been growing peanuts for more than a dozen years. This year, responding to the township's call to adjust the planting structure, he expanded his planting area from the original 70 mu to 110 mu, and he is full of confidence about increasing his income by growing peanuts.

Ren Laishuang is just one example of farmers in Zhaoyuan using WeChat to get rich.

In the information age, how do you guide farmers to get rich? Zhaoyuan County's approach is to strengthen the building of rural information networks and open a “three rural” information service platform, raising the level of organization for accelerating rural economic development. Now, they use this platform to achieve precise delivery of technical services and market sales information. At the same time, they have invited well-known agricultural experts to explain production techniques in planting, breeding, agricultural product processing and other areas according to the work plan, and to answer farmers' questions online through WeChat on soil testing and formula fertilization, agricultural techniques, pesticides, agricultural product storage and other matters.

At present, the number of farming households in the county that have used mobile WeChat to obtain agricultural conditions, technology and market prices and have already embarked on the road to wealth has reached ten thousand. In the future, the county will continue to use electronic platforms so that more farming households can benefit from them.

At the end of the interview, Ren Laishuang's phone rang. It was a call from a buyer at the Changsha agricultural products wholesale market. After the call, he said the current peanut price was still acceptable, sales channels were smooth, and the key was good product quality and honest business dealings. As he spoke, two farmers from the same village came to see Ren Laishuang on motorcycles. Wiping the sweat from their faces, they said: “The drought is quite serious now. We are jointly irrigating the peanut fields. We can't just rely on the sky for food.” Ren Laishuang also hurriedly drove his farm vehicle toward the peanut fields east of the village.