Modern facilitiesagriculture: Important ways to promote the modernization and sustainable development of agriculture
modernityfacility-based agricultureIt is an agricultural model that uses engineering technology as a means to achieve efficient crop production under controlled environmental conditions. It includes the fields of facility planting, facility breeding, and facility edible fungi. In recent years, with the promotion of the national rural revitalization strategy, modern facility agriculture has gradually become an important part of the national strategy.2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and other four ministries and commissions jointly issued the "National Modern Facility Agriculture Construction Plan (2023-2030)", which clarified the direction of the development of facility agriculture in the coming years.
Characteristics and advantages of modern facility agriculture
Facility-based agriculture throughmodern agricultureThe application of engineering and mechanical technologies provides crops with optimal growing environments, such as temperature, humidity, light, water and fertilizer, and reduces dependence on the natural environment, thus significantly improving the efficiency and quality of agricultural production. This model is not only an effective means to improve the yield per unit area, but also an important measure to cope with the development bottleneck of China's "more people, less land". At present, China's per capita arable land area is only 40% of the world's average level. facility agriculture through the application of scientific cultivation technology, can realize higher output on limited land, providing more food security for the growing population.
Specifically, the advantages of modern facility-based agriculture are reflected in the following aspects:
Improve production efficiency: Through technological tools such as greenhouse farming, aquaculture and precision agriculture, facility-based agriculture can significantly improve agricultural production efficiency and meet the pressure of population growth on food demand.
Ensure food safety: An optimized growing environment not only reduces pests and diseases, but also improves the quality of agricultural products and enhances food safety.
Promoting farmers' income: Facility-based agriculture creates more employment opportunities, while enabling farmers to master modern agricultural techniques through technical training and promotion, thereby enhancing production capacity and increasing income.
Promoting rural economic development: The capital and technological inputs of facility-based agriculture can stimulate the development of upstream and downstream related industries, forming a virtuous circle of the rural economy. In addition, facility agriculture can also promote the emergence of rural tourism and leisure industry, providing farmers with diversified sources of income.
Reducing resource dependence: Through smart greenhouses, water-saving irrigation and resource recycling, facility-based agriculture significantly reduces the consumption of land and water resources and promotes agriculture towards sustainable development.
Challenges and strategies to address them
Despite the significant advantages of modern facility-based agriculture, its development faces many challenges:
High costs and barriers to investment
The high cost of initial inputs (e.g., greenhouse construction, equipment purchase, technology introduction, etc.) is prohibitive for many farmers. For this reason, governments and enterprises need to provide farmers with the necessary financial support through loans and subsidies.
Insufficient standardization of technology and training of personnel
Facility-based agriculture requires high levels of specialized knowledge and skills, but many farmers lack relevant training. Promoting the standardization of technology and helping farmers to master the core technology of facility-based agriculture through multi-level technical guidance and training are key to the promotion of facility-based agriculture.
Environmental and resource constraints
With the intensification of global climate change and environmental pollution, how facility-based agriculture can enhance yields while minimizing negative impacts on the environment is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed now. This contradiction can be alleviated to a certain extent by developing environmentally friendly agricultural equipment and energy-saving technologies.
Market volatility and risk
While the prices of high-quality agricultural products produced by facility-based agriculture are high, market demand is prone to fluctuations, which makes prices and profits more risky. Market risks can be effectively reduced by enhancing the market competitiveness of agricultural products through market research and branding.
Industry Chain Integration Difficulties
Facility agriculture involves a number of links such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, equipment, sales, etc. Strengthening the synergistic cooperation of upstream and downstream enterprises, integrating resources and realizing complementary advantages will help enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the whole industrial chain.
Pathways to promote the development of facility-based agriculture
According to the viewpoint of the relevant person in charge of Beijing Smart Farmer Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd, the goal of the state to vigorously develop modern facility-based agriculture is to improve the efficiency of agricultural production, safeguard food safety, and promote the income of farmers and the development of the rural economy, as well as to reduce the excessive dependence on natural resources. This is not only an important means to solve the contradiction of "too many people, too little land" in China, but also a key initiative to realize the modernization and sustainable development of agriculture.
By continuing to promote the research and development of facility-based agricultural equipment, technological innovation and policy support, strengthen resource integration and stimulate market vitality, facility-based agriculture will provide important support for the modernization of China's agriculture, and further enhance the competitiveness of China's agriculture and the level of sustainable development.