The key technology of facility agriculture and its application development are discussed briefly

We will accelerate the development of facility agriculture, and develop plastic greenhouses, solar greenhouses, multiplex greenhouses and other equipment in light of local conditions. Facility agriculture is for agricultural equipment on the modern industry and science and technology, artificial construction of suitable for agricultural cultivation facilities, solar greenhouse as the advanced stage of modern facility agriculture development, get rid of the natural environment on agricultural planting, artificial intervention to control light, temperature, water, gas, fertilizer, to create the optimal environment and conditions for plant growth. Thus, a new agricultural method with high quality and high yield can be obtained.

In recent years, with the penetration of modern industrial technology into agriculture, the rapid advancement of agricultural engineering, the development of facilities agriculture in our country has made some achievement, from plastic greenhouses to the sunlight greenhouse, and even fully automated sunlight greenhouse gradually in the open land subverting the traditional planting. According to the relevant data of Farmers Daily, the area of facility agriculture has ranked the first in the world, and the output value of facility agriculture accounts for 44% of the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. Although facility agriculture has been budding since ancient times, the research and development of modern facility agriculture started later than that of foreign countries, and there is still broad room for improvement in facilities, technology, research and development. In addition, in recent years, domestic indoor agriculture, horticultural lighting enterprises spring up like bamboo shoots, whether the industry or enterprises in the development of the road there are huge opportunities and challenges.

Key challenges of facility agriculture

First, there is the question of planting varieties. The core requirement of facility agriculture, whether it is general plastic greenhouses or solar greenhouses, is to produce the agricultural products that people need, including food crops, economic crops, high value-added crops, etc. Due to the different growth needs of different crops, the requirements for facilities are also different, so a basic work before planting crops is to establish the growth model of planting varieties, based on which the corresponding parameters of various facilities can be set.

Secondly, the environmental transformation technology of facility agriculture can make long-term breakthrough. From the insulation function of greenhouses in the beginning to the current control of light, temperature, water, air and fertilizer, the core of facility agriculture is to create a standard environment for crops.

Finally, it is the inevitable trend of the development of facility agriculture to liberate the labor force and improve the unit personnel output. Field agriculture needs a large number of labor force for agricultural production, but with the development of The Times, a large number of transportation, irrigation, picking and other agricultural machinery to replace manual labor. In a relatively stable environment created by solar greenhouse, greenhouse, etc., and then equipped with automation or even full process automation will optimize personnel allocation to a greater extent, so agricultural facilities in some harsh environment areas and places with very high labor costs have broad application prospects.