Sky Eye Looking at Jilin | Baicheng: "Saline alkali land" Rising "Big granary"
Taobei District, Baicheng City, Jilin Province: On the vast and boundless fields, it seems like a layer of golden carpet has been laid. Mature rice grains are full, and the charming fragrance of rice is scattered in the wind. Everywhere is the joyful song of harvest.
Recently, during an interview in the western part of Jilin Province, it was found that with the promotion and application of new agricultural technologies, the local grain yield and quality have significantly improved. The rice fields transformed from saline alkali land can also grow better mid to late maturing varieties of rice, helping to steadily advance the "billion pound grain" project in Jilin Province.
Li Hongcheng, Director of the Black Soil Protection Monitoring Center in Zhenlai County, has been promoting the technology of synchronized deep lateral fertilization for rice machine insertion. "By utilizing this technology, precise fertilization can be applied near the rice roots while transplanting, reducing the amount of chemical fertilizer used," said Li Hongcheng.
Compared with 2013, after governance, a large area of saline alkali land in Gashigen Township, Zhenlai County, Baicheng City, Jilin Province has become fertile land.
Mao Yinhua, the head of Lihua Family Farm, recalled that in 2015, he contracted 150 hectares of saline alkali land to be transformed into farmland. But due to a lack of technology, the rice yield is very low, with a loss of over 3 million yuan in the first three years. Later, experts from the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences brought him scientific knowledge and salt alkali tolerant rice varieties. "Last year, I was able to produce 8000 kilograms of grain per hectare here, earning over 600000 yuan," said Mao Yinhua.
Assembly picture: The above picture shows the "white hair wind" on saline alkali land taken on March 15, 2010 in Dagang Village, Jianping Township, Zhenlai County, Baicheng City, Jilin Province; The following image shows the Nenjiang Wetland in Zhenlai County captured by drones on June 20, 2022.
In Daguan Village, Datun Town, Zhenlai County, Ren Zhiguo, the head of Yingtai Farmers Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative, brought reporters to the seedling greenhouse, where a laser irradiation supplementary light was hung on the roof. He introduced that using laser irradiation to supplement light technology can promote the root development of rice seedlings and improve their survival rate. In order to adapt to new agricultural technologies, Ren Zhiguo also provided experimental and breeding fields for experts from the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences. "With experts around to guide farming, I feel very confident," said Ren Zhiguo.
This is a rice field shot on July 16, 2022 in Yingtai Village, Datun Town, Zhenlai County, Baicheng City, Jilin Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Fan
In addition, various new technologies are also competing on the saline alkali land in western Jilin. At Hongxing Pasture in Qiangorlos Mongolian Autonomous County, Songyuan City, there are crisscrossing paths and connected waterways. It's hard to imagine that this is a saline alkali land. Zhu Hongde, the person in charge of the renovation of Jilin Province Woye Ecological Environment Management Co., Ltd., said, "We use the saline alkali land improvement technology of China Agricultural University. It is no longer a dream that we can produce grain in the renovation year."
This is the rice field and saline mudflat in Zhenlai County, Baicheng City, Jilin Province on July 12, 2022. Shen Jizhong
In the past, due to insufficient accumulated temperature, only early maturing rice varieties could be planted on saline alkali land in western Jilin, resulting in poor rice quality and low prices. For this reason, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences proposed to use large and medium-sized greenhouses instead of small greenhouses, to pre harvest, raise seedlings, and transplant seedlings, effectively solving the problem of low rice yield, making it possible to plant mid to late maturing rice varieties with good rice quality and high yield on saline alkali land.
This is a newly added paddy field at Baiao Green Farm in Da'an City, Baicheng, Jilin Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Nan
"Nowadays, we have achieved multiple upgrades and iterations of agricultural technology. More rice varieties with good quality and high prices can also be grown on saline alkali land," said Ma Wei, associate researcher at the Rice Research Institute of Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
In 2023, Jilin Province launched the "100 billion catties of grain" project to ensure that the grain production capacity reaches the level of 100 billion catties by 2035.
Autumn harvest scene in Haituo Township, Da'an City, Jilin Province. Shen Jizhong
According to calculations, in the past five years, a series of salt alkali tolerant rice varieties and new technologies for cost saving, efficiency increasing, and simplified cultivation promoted by the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences have been applied in the salt alkali land of western Jilin, with a cumulative application area of 765000 hectares, an increase of 510.8 kilograms per hectare, and an added output value of 1.016 billion yuan.
