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Outside it's snowy and indoors it's green. Walking into the **Gobi Pastoral Internet of Things "Plant Factory" located in Aza Township, Zhanang County, 10 Under the constant temperature, rows of green seedlings poked their heads out. Soon, full-shaped, bright-coloured cherry tomatoes will fill the branches.
Against the backdrop of the fruits, it is hard to imagine that before the construction of this "plant factory", it was a monotonous and desolate Gobi desert.
Located on the bank of the Brahmaputra River, Aza Township, Zhanang County, has abundant light and heat resources and a large number of idle non-arable land resources such as the Gobi desert. Due to water scarcity and poor land, it has been difficult to develop and utilize effectively.
How to turn the vast Gobi Desert into a "crop field" that can produce high-quality agricultural products? It has always been a major topic for all departments at all levels in our city to ask for arable land, water to conservation, output to science and technology, quality to light and heat, and promote ecological protection, food security and industrial upgrading. In 2019, through the introduction of investment from Shenzhen, **Gobi Pastoral Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. expanded its territory on the Gobi Desert.
We give full play to our local advantages and integrate modern technologies such as biotechnology, spectroscopy technology, digital sensing, and the Internet of Things to create this industrial 'plant factory', and achieve high yield, high quality, and high safety in agricultural production without relying on meteorological environment and soil conditions. Yang Yang, general manager of Gobi Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd., introduced that the factory covers an area of 170 acres, with 54 patents and soft works for design, construction, equipment and Internet of Things control, and has also established cooperative relations with Huazhong Agricultural University, Hunan Biomechanical Vocational and Technical College and other institutions to carry out technical research and achievement transformation.
In the factory, a "trial and error field" has been preserved. Many varieties of vegetables and fruits were planted here on a small scale, but later due to huge capital consumption and limited technical capabilities, there was a situation where the input and output were not proportional, which made the technical team confused for a while. Later, after many trials and errors, the technical team decided to take cherry tomatoes as a breakthrough, abandon the conventional sand soil cultivation and substrate soil cultivation mode, and adopt large-scale, automated, mechanized, and environment-friendly soilless cultivation (hydroponics) technology to build a hydroponic planting base.
Through the integrated intelligent irrigation system of water and fertilizer, the high-efficiency fertilizer formula, dosage and drip irrigation time are set, and the computer system will automatically adjust the temperature, humidity, light, carbon dioxide and nutrient solution required for plant growth, so as to promote the professional planting and standardized production of fruits and vegetables. Yang Yang introduced that the factory has an annual output of 2,000 tons of high-quality selenium-rich cherry tomatoes, which can meet the standards for Hong Kong, Macao and export, and are not only sold to Lhasa and Shannan, but also to Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Changsha.
When you take a bite of the cherry tomatoes produced by the "Plant Factory", the plump juice will instantly occupy the entire mouth, and the taste buds will be instantly conquered by this refreshing sweet and sour sensation.
The "vegetable basket" is becoming more and more abundant, and the road to prosperity for the peasants and herdsmen is becoming more and more stable. Lazhen is the director of this "plant factory", she has been working outside the country before, and after the establishment of the factory, she started from the very beginning, learned by doing, worked hard, and became the factory director in 2022.
In the past, I couldn't take good care of the children and the elderly at home, but since I came to the factory, it is much more convenient to take care of the elderly and children at home, and I earn well. Rajan said.
Lazhen said that the base transferred 170 acres of land from Zhangda Village, Azha Township, and increased the income of the village collective by more than 30,000 yuan every year; At present, there are 23 farmers and herdsmen working in the factory, all of whom are from the surrounding villages of Zhangda and Azha, with an average monthly salary of about 5,000 yuan.
More light, less water, high technology, high efficiency - in the development of Gobi agriculture, this "plant factory" has simultaneously achieved multiple goals such as increasing yield, improving quality, saving water, protecting the environment, and increasing people's income.
Building and establishing a valuable and differentiated brand of plateau agricultural products is a long-term process, but it is of far-reaching significance to agricultural production, ecological improvement and social development. Yang Yang said that in the next step, the company will expand the broad space for the development of Gobi agriculture, increase the agricultural output of the Gobi desert, cultivate professional farmers who develop facility agriculture, build an "industry-university-research" incubation center, promote the development of smart technology agriculture, and contribute to rural revitalization.