Decryption! How can science and technology empower Beijing’s urban modern agriculture to be ＂high-quality＂
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that the sharp weapon for building an agricultural power lies in science and technology. The Central Rural Work Conference held in December, 2024 emphasized that agricultural scientific and technological forces should work together to tackle key problems, accelerate the large-scale popularization and application of scientific and technological achievements, and develop new agricultural productivity according to local conditions.
Beijing has thoroughly implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, solidly promoted the strategy of revitalizing the rural areas in the capital, and made every effort to build the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center. Recently, it issued the Implementation Plan on Further Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration and Production Service System (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), proposing that in the next three to five years, it will improve the city’s agricultural science and technology and production service system, enhance the service effect and the role of linking agriculture with agriculture, and effectively support the development of urban modern agriculture in the direction of high-end, high efficiency and high radiation. This paper will interpret the objectives, eight actions and the main work of the two platforms.
First, focus on pain points, difficulties and precise policies
Focusing on the pain points of urban agricultural transformation and upgrading, the plan puts forward the overall goal of "three highs": to achieve a high-end, high-efficiency and high-radiation modern agricultural pattern by improving the technology and production service system. Clear the work objectives for the next 3-5 years:
1, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
Open up the "last mile" of science and technology entering the village, demonstrate and promote leading scientific and technological achievements, and solve the problem of technology landing.
2. The service system is more perfect.
Improve the rapid docking mechanism between science and technology service departments and production entities, improve service accuracy, and enhance the service effect of linking agriculture with agriculture.
3. The service effect has been significantly improved.
Realize the development pattern of high-end, high-efficiency and high-radiation modern agriculture, and help the capital agriculture reduce costs, expand markets and increase benefits.
Second, the eight major actions support the development of leading agricultural industries in the capital.
In order to achieve the above objectives, the "Proposal" puts forward "eight actions" around the principle of "demand-oriented and application-oriented", integrating resources, optimizing layout and improving efficiency:
1. Variety upgrading action
Focus on food crops, vegetables, forest fruits and other industrial fields, through "research and development transformation-introduction demonstration-popularization and application", screen high-yield and high-quality varieties and optimize production supporting technologies. Five core demonstration sites will be built to demonstrate more than 20 new varieties, with a promotion area of 24,000 mu, and 20% of the grain planting area will be promoted to realize variety iteration.
2, soil improvement and quality improvement action
Promote the construction of high-standard farmland, strengthen the improvement of cultivated land quality, demonstrate the application of soil remediation and improvement technology, popularize precision irrigation and fertilization in a large area, and carry out demonstration of comprehensive management technology of saline-alkali land around Tianjin and Hebei. Four core demonstration sites were established, in which the content of soil organic matter increased by 20% and the yield of saline-alkali land increased by more than 5%. More than 30,000 mu of precision irrigation and fertilization technology model will be popularized, and 150,000 mu of high-standard farmland will be built.
3, large-scale grain crop yield promotion action
Demonstration and popularization of high-yield and high-efficiency technology through the integration of "fertile fields, improved varieties, good opportunities, good methods and good systems" Five core demonstration sites were established, and the yield of wheat and corn in the demonstration sites reached 450 kg and 520 kg respectively. High-yield and high-efficiency technical radiation of wheat and corn has driven the application of large-scale producers to more than 200,000 mu, and the yield level of major grain crops in the city has increased by 1% ~ 1.5% year-on-year.
4, vegetable industry promotion action
Optimize the layout of vegetable industry, promote the transformation of old facilities and the construction of mechanized and intelligent facilities, optimize the agricultural cultivation mode of facilities, promote high-density planting, improve the level of mechanization and simplification of facilities, and demonstrate the application of production modes such as leafy vegetables and aquaponics. Promote large-scale agricultural machinery and agronomy integration of open-field vegetables, and promote the upgrading of main varieties of open-field vegetables. Five core demonstration sites have been established, and the mechanization rate of facility planting in demonstration sites has reached more than 65% and the informatization rate has reached more than 60%. Transform and build more than 5,000 mu of facilities, and integrate and promote more than 4 high-yield and high-efficiency stubble patterns.
5, native products and geographical indications product quality and standardized production promotion action
Strengthen standardization, digital production management and cultural and creative brand design, tap regional characteristics and cultural connotations, and enhance product quality and brand added value. Six core demonstration sites have been established, and the key quality indicators of products in the demonstration sites have been improved by more than 5%, and the value-added of products has been improved by more than 5%.
6, green low-carbon agriculture promotion action
Demonstration and application of fertilizer-saving, medicine-saving and energy-saving technologies, promotion of planting and breeding cycle, and demonstration to create a new model of waste-free production in ecological farms. Popularize green fertilizer control technology, optimize fertilizer structure, improve fertilizer utilization rate, and increase the promotion of green prevention and control technology. Four core demonstration sites have been established, and the utilization rate of chemical fertilizers in the demonstration sites has reached more than 43%, and the utilization rate of livestock and poultry wastes has reached more than 95%. The coverage rate of soil testing and formula fertilization technology in the city reached 98%, the utilization rate of fertilizer for main crops reached 43%, and the coverage rate of green prevention and control technology for main crop diseases and insect pests reached 78%.
7. Landscape Leisure and Urban Agriculture Promotion Action
Demonstrate the creation of horticultural landscape scenes, fishery landscape scenes, balconies, courtyards and other horticultural scenes, screen ornamental horticultural plants, build ecological ditches with both water purification and landscape improvement, and integrate the application and demonstration of corresponding agricultural technologies. Six core demonstration sites will be built to create urban agricultural scenes such as terraced fields in Wenyuhe Park and Rose Avenue in Mentougou.
8. Smart Agriculture Promotion Action
Integrated application demonstration of "sky and land" integrated smart agriculture technology, using the Internet of Things, intelligent equipment, big data and other means to achieve precise operation and intelligent management, and create demonstration application scenarios such as smart greenhouses, smart fields and smart orchards. Five core demonstration sites will be built, and the informatization rate of planting production in demonstration sites will reach over 40%, the utilization rate of planting water, fertilizer and medicine will be increased by over 20%, the informatization rate of aquaculture production will reach over 70%, and the labor force will be saved by over 20%. By 2030, the city’s agricultural production informatization rate is planned to reach about 50%.
Third, the platform empowers to build a new ecosystem of science and technology services
The "Program" emphasizes the construction of two platforms, namely, science and technology consulting training and science and technology service management, to provide strong support for agricultural science and technology and production services:
1, science and technology consulting training platform
Integrate expert resources, strengthen agricultural macro-language model training, provide all-weather technical guidance through AI intelligent consultation, select 4-5 key industrial service targets, demonstrate and promote intelligent consultation service systems, and cultivate 2-3 demonstration models. Strengthen online live training and offline training. It is estimated that there will be 65 online live training sessions with 150,000 person-times, organize quality training for key personnel of grass-roots agricultural extension system, and cultivate more than 700 key personnel of agricultural extension with proficient business and excellent service.
2, science and technology service management platform
Build a big data platform for agriculture and rural areas in Beijing, realize the digital management of the whole business process, promote the exchange and sharing of relevant data between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the city, promote the integrated application of cities, districts, towns and villages, and strengthen the application of data governance and data mining. Build a four-level science and technology management platform with service base, demonstration base, expert workstation and comprehensive application scenario to realize the comprehensive management of service network, service data and service evaluation.
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the "Implementation Plan on Further Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration and Production Service System", Beijing Agriculture and Rural Bureau will play the role of overall planning, and join forces with the Municipal Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, universities and urban extension units and enterprises to promote the scientific and technological demonstration work. All promotion units will strengthen horizontal cooperation, realize the promotion of the whole industrial chain, and do their best to do a good job in production and service.
The promulgation of the "Program" marks that Beijing’s agricultural science and technology demonstration and production services have entered a new stage of systematization, digitalization and precision. In the next step, Beijing Agriculture and Rural Bureau will fully promote the implementation of the Plan, and ensure that the capital agriculture will achieve its phased goals in 2025 and its long-term goals in 3-5 years through the way of "departmental collaboration+policy integration+demonstration and guidance".
Generally speaking, the Implementation Plan on Further Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration and Production Service System is an important measure for Beijing science and technology to promote agricultural modernization. Through systematic work reform and innovation, Beijing will improve the agricultural science and technology and production service system, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, improve service accuracy, support the development of urban modern agriculture, and provide a "Beijing model" for the development of urban modern agriculture in China.