Equipment and Information Collaboration to Promote Development of Modern Smart Agriculture

Abstract

Agricultural machinery and equipment is the material basis of modern agricultural development and an important symbol of agricultural mechanization. The new generation of information technology can drive the intelligent transformation and upgrading of agricultural machinery and equipment. The coordinated development of intelligent agricultural equipment and information technology has become a new trend of modern agricultural development, which is of positive significance for improving agricultural production efficiency and promoting high-quality and efficient development of agricultural machinery. This paper compares and analyzes the research status of smart agriculture in China and abroad and summarizes the research progress and trend of agricultural machinery and agricultural information technology in China. Based on the analysis of development needs and values of modern smart agriculture in China, we propose the following projects: an agricultural ecosystem monitoring network infrastructure project, a national agricultural big data center and operation mechanism construction project, an intelligent agricultural equipment research and application project, an agricultural information service demonstration project, and a fruit and vegetable commercial processing intelligent sensing technology and equipment research and demonstration project. To provide a solid guarantee for guiding the development of modern smart agriculture, China should increase agricultural science and technology innovation input, establish an agricultural industry–university–research innovation alliance, and improve agricultural science and technology innovation incentive policies.

Keywords

• agricultural equipment, agricultural informatization, agricultural information service, intelligent agricultural machinery, new infrastructure