China’s Qingyuan County plans to improve saline alkali land to build high-yield farmland

Plans to build a national modern agricultural industrial park, high standard farmland and build a core area of ‘one ton and half grain’, which will increase agricultural production and income.

Qingyun County, Shandong Province, adjacent to the Bohai Sea, is a typical sea leaching area. Because of the salty alkaline water in the area, the grain output is lower than the average level of the city. In recent years, Qingyun County has planned to build a national modern agricultural industrial park, build high standard farmland, and build a core area of ‘one ton and half a grain’, which has realised the increase of agricultural production and income.

Qingyun County guides and encourages village collectives to establish cooperatives, attracts people to join the cooperatives, cooperates with large agricultural enterprises, and implements measures such as salinisation improvement, promotion of organic fertiliser, and trial planting of new grain varieties. We will promote the centralisation of land and the development of large-scale operations. Unify machine type and machine harvest, and purchase agricultural materials uniformly to reduce planting costs. It is planned to build high standard farmland, build tractor roads and dredge ditches. Driven by the core area, the county’s grain output will exceed 650 kg this summer and autumn, achieving a historical breakthrough.

Qingyun County has also built a smart agricultural management platform, where large agricultural operation entities such as farms, large grain growers and cooperatives can be seen through one network. Based on accurate agricultural sensors, it can monitor soil moisture, seedling, pest and disaster data in real time, conduct multi-level analysis on agricultural production, and improve the ability of agricultural production to cope with natural environmental risks. We will encourage the development of agricultural service-oriented social organisations, provide diverse services to the masses, and promote the specialisation of trusteeship services for agricultural production. Set up ‘three rural classes’, invite agricultural experts to give lectures, spread production knowledge, and train new professional farmers.

Up to now, Qingyun County has built 450000 mu of high standard farmland, a national modern agricultural industrial park and a provincial pastoral complex, providing more and more confidence to increase grain production.

Plans to build a national modern agricultural