Zhangye, Gansu is a traditional agricultural city. Heihe, the second largest inland river across the city, forms a large fertile oasis in the Gobi Desert. According to the recorded data, it shows that the total area of non-arable lands in the city which are suitable for developing protected agriculture is more than 0.36 million hectares, and also these lands are with more than 3,000 hours of sunshine, and guaranteed resources for water supply. These are all unique characteristics for the development in the Gobi area.
In the mid-winter, workers are busy in the intelligent greenhouse with industrialized vegetable packaging workshop in Haisheng Modern Agriculture Co., Ltd., located at Minle County, the northern foot of Qilian Mountain. Freshly picked “Truss Tomatoes” and “Mini Peppers” are being boxed.
Haisheng Modern Agriculture Co., Ltd. started the construction of the ecological demonstration project, which is the smart industrialized vegetable cultivation greenhouses, in December 2017. At present, it has completed an investment of 480 million RMB. Besides, the mainframe has been installed, and the colored pepper area and tomato area have been put into production.
Qi Shengping, the project manager, told the journalist that, the first phase of the project covers an area of around 31 hectares and has a modern smart glass greenhouse of 200,000 m2. It adopts a control system that integrates other high-tech means in one such as an intelligent temperature management system, a precise circulation system of water and fertilizer, a three-dimensional substrate gutter cultivation system, and Internet of Things technology. "We have introduced global advanced technology, equipment, seeds from the Netherlands and localized these technologies." Qi Shengping said that by adopting modern agricultural planting technologies, the digital intelligent control management, the brand building and marketing, agricultural product safety and risk control, etc., they have promoted the smooth transition from "agricultural numbers” to “digital agriculture”, and to build a modern intelligent glass greenhouse with the largest single unit in Asia.
Source: xinhuanet.com
