"Agricultural Technology Cloud": grass-roots Agricultural Technology extension Service in big data era

The "last kilometer" problem of agricultural technology extension at the grass-roots level has always perplexed the rapid development of modern agriculture. The successful demonstration and application of the "Agricultural Science and Technology Service Cloud platform" developed by the Institute of Information of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has not only revolutionized China's traditional agricultural technology extension services. it also promotes China's agricultural service to a comprehensive information age.

Gu Shengxing, 53, is an ordinary grass-roots agricultural technology promoter in Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province. he specializes in pest control, but surprisingly, any agricultural technical problems encountered by farmers can not defeat Lao Gu. The secret is that he carries a 3G netbook with him. Since using 3G "netbook" in 2009, Gu Shengxing has solved tens of thousands of agricultural technology problems for farmers.

"this is no ordinary netbook. The question raised by farmers, if I can't, as long as I use it to take pictures and upload it, I can allow well-known agricultural experts to make remote diagnosis. Even if the experts are not online, other agricultural experts can help quickly. " Gu Shengxing told reporters that the agricultural technology service cloud platform has at least doubled the efficiency of his agricultural technology promotion work.

Break through the "last kilometer" of grass-roots agricultural technology promotion

"the agricultural science and technology service cloud platform is not only a large platform for information services, but also a big platform for resource sharing." Researcher Wang Wensheng, the chief scientist who developed this scientific and technological achievement and deputy director of the Institute of Information of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, defined this.

How does the agricultural technology service cloud platform smooth the "last kilometer" of agricultural technology promotion?

Wang Wensheng said: "the agricultural science and technology service cloud platform makes full use of big data. First of all, all kinds of agricultural scientific research achievements are gathered together and updated immediately." At the same time, the platform also brings together experts, agricultural technicians and farmers. People can find the information they need at any time through computers or mobile communication Internet, and communicate with experts in real time. "

Let farmers see the achievements of experts anytime and anywhere, so that farmers' needs can also be fed back to experts anytime and anywhere. The "agricultural science and technology service cloud platform" has built a bridge between experts and farmers, but to thoroughly transform and apply the technology of experts, we also need grass-roots agricultural technology promoters to act as information "second passers". As an important part of the "agricultural science and technology service cloud platform", their Internet communication devices such as netbooks, tablets and mobile phones are the most favorable "weapons".

Liu Lei, an agricultural technician at the Aquatic Technology extension Station in Xinxiang County, Henan Province, helped Ji Zhongyou, a big farmer, transform to cultivate ornamental fish through "agricultural technology cloud", and recovered the start-up cost that year. She said with emotion: "what technology farmers want to know in production, as long as through the 'agricultural cloud' in my hands, they can immediately understand the information in the relevant fields, and experts will also help give advice. We collect this information and tell farmers to help them apply it to actual production, so that scientific and technological achievements can be put to the ground. "

The reporter saw that the "agricultural technology cloud" tablet in the hands of Liu Lei is not only equipped with a camera, but also a microphone. At the same time, open the interface, rich in content, divided into agricultural technology consultation, expert consultation, market quotations, training services, promotion logs and other sections. As long as you touch or click with your hand, you can connect to the Internet immediately and have a dialogue with the experts on the platform.

"relying on the agricultural technology service cloud platform not only makes the work of agricultural technicians more convenient, but also allows all kinds of advanced technologies in expert computers to quickly 'land' and quickly send to farmers, really breaking through the 'last kilometer' of agricultural technology promotion." Yang Lisheng, deputy inspector of the Science and Education Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, who has been studying the agricultural technology extension system for a long time, told reporters.

Chen Mengshan, secretary of the party group of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, believes that the agricultural technology cloud platform is the most convenient, economical, fastest and most popular information service among farmers, and it can also improve the work efficiency of government extension departments. The establishment and promotion of agricultural technology cloud platform is a revolutionary change to our traditional promotion.

It is understood that since 2009, the "Agricultural Science and Technology Service Cloud platform" has begun to carry out pilot demonstrations in Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, Daxing District, Beijing, and Xinxiang City, Henan Province. At present, more than 200,000 grass-roots agricultural technicians across the country are equipped with mobile Internet equipment for agricultural technology services, and they can carry out efficient agricultural technology extension services at any time like Liu Lei.