East China Boosts spring farming with smart agriculture
Shizhong District of Zaozhuang City in east China’s Shandong Province is harnessing smart agriculture technologies to enhance spring farming efficiency, with its 600-mu (40-hectare) Wonong Smart Agricultural Industrial Park leading the transformation.
The park’s tomato crops, now entering harvest season, have achieved an 80 percent reduction in water use and a 30 percent yield increase through precision irrigation and nutrient systems.
Equipped with integrated water-fertilization and digital temperature-control systems, the park’s greenhouses use sensors to monitor real-time environmental data, including temperature, humidity, and light.
Farmers remotely adjust irrigation, ventilation, and climate settings via smartphones, enabling “cloud-based spring ploughing” to counter unpredictable weather.
The park’s 74 newly built high-standard greenhouses employ full-element nutrition fertilization, delivering tailored nutrient solutions directly to plant roots based on growth stages.
In addition, local agricultural experts provide on-site guidance to optimize pest control and crop varieties, ensuring stable production for the park’s smart farming zone.
