Haishu to build digital agricultural construction pilot

Category: Governmental News
Published: Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:55

According to the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture, the digital agricultural technology demonstration project for high-quality and high-efficiency field rice planting, one of the key digital agricultural construction pilot projects by the ministry, will settle down in Haishu District, thus a range of high-level agricultural technologies will be introduced to the district. It is reported that this is the only one project of its kind in the East China area. 

reportedly, the project will be built at the Modern Eco-agriculture Comprehensive Development Zone of the Gulin Town of Haishu District, covering five administrative villages with a total construction area of 10,900 mu. The first phase of the project covers 1500 mu, with a 800-mu smart irrigation system, and the major tasks include the upgrading of agricultural machinery, the installation of smart equipment and the remolding of the supporting facilities. The second phase covers an area of 8500 mu, mainly for information system construction, integrated data application and demonstration and display. "It is thanks to the brisk economy and the well-developed agricultural infrastructure that Haishu District is chosen for the pilot project." said a person in charge from the Agricultural Machinery Center of Ningbo Agriculture Bureau.