Smart Countryside Attracting Visitors (Frontline Visit of Ten Million Projects) Agriculture | Cailu Village | Smart
In the field, unmanned tillers slowly move, and egrets play and forage in the plowed paddy fields; In the distance, rice fields are contiguous and lush with greenery, and a plant protection drone is operating.
A beautiful ecological agriculture painting slowly unfolds in Cailu Village, Chengdong Street, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province.
"Nowadays, with mechanized planting, one person can plant hundreds of acres of rice fields." 37 year old Guo Jianghua has transferred more than 300 acres of land in Cailu Village to plant rice, equipped with modern agricultural machinery such as transplanters, drones, and unmanned tillers, with an annual income of over 100000 yuan.
Relying on the "Ten Million Project", Cailu Village has built a modern agricultural and pastoral complex with "fields forming a square, roads forming a frame, trees forming a row, and canals forming a network", improving agricultural production conditions, innovating modern agricultural management systems, and increasing agricultural labor productivity and operational efficiency. Cailu Village currently has over 200 agricultural machinery for cultivation, planting, management, harvesting, drying and processing, and has achieved full mechanization of rice production.
Not only mechanization, but also intelligence has become a highlight of the agricultural development in Cailu Village. "The data on factors such as humidity, light intensity, soil acidity and alkalinity, and soil fertility that affect crop growth can be accessed at any time." Xu Xufeng, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Chengdong Street, Dongyang City, introduced that in the context of accelerating the construction of digital Zhejiang, Cailu Village has developed special application scenarios such as intelligent management of agricultural houses and digital countryside, and vigorously carried out the construction of 5G agricultural demonstration parks.
Entering the Party and Mass Service Center of Cailu Village, on the big screen of the "Smart Cailu" cloud platform, monitoring data is constantly updated - what nutrients are lacking in the land, what seeds are used, when they are planted, and when they are harvested - all data can provide answers. "With technical support, farmers' planting efficiency has improved," said Lu Yangchun, Secretary of the Cailu Village Party Committee and Director of the Village Committee.
It is both a "smart field" and a "scenic field". The modern agricultural countryside in Cailu Village has become a tourist "check-in point". "In addition to rice cultivation, we also have projects such as fruit picking and leisure fishing. During holidays, many tourists come specifically to experience the rural scenery," said Lu Yangchun.
Rapeseed and rice are harvested one after another, with wisteria corridors and cherry blossom avenues interspersed among them... "Originating from agriculture, we must also adhere to agriculture and create personalized and differentiated rural tourism products." Lu Yangchun said, "Last year, the main event of the Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival in Zhejiang was held in Cailu Village, attracting many tourists."
In the past 20 years, Cailu Village has achieved leapfrog development, with rural areas turning into parks and farmland turning into scenic areas. The collective income of the village and the annual per capita income of farmers have increased from over 700000 yuan and over 8000 yuan in 2003 to 4.25 million yuan and 82000 yuan respectively in 2022. "The villagers in our village receive subsidies for growing crops, making money from selling them, and also generating income from tourism," said Lu Yangchun.
Improve the ecological environment and build beautiful rural areas. Driven by the "Ten Million Project", Cailu Village has organically integrated the improvement of living environment with modern agriculture, leisure and tourism, and carried out projects such as road improvement, water system connectivity, and landscape node construction. The village's appearance is getting higher and higher, and it has been awarded the titles of Zhejiang Province Greening Demonstration Village and Zhejiang Province Beautiful and Livable Demonstration Village.
Let the beautiful countryside continue to add value, deepen the integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in Cailu Village, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, establish the "Cailu Strict Selection" brand, and enhance the added value of agricultural products; Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of village enterprises; Deepen the integration of agriculture and tourism, and attract tourists for sightseeing and tourism.
"This year, the Agricultural Science and Technology Museum in our village will open. In the future, we can bring our children together to learn about agriculture and experience camping camps..." Speaking of the future of Cailu Village, Lu Yangchun is full of confidence.