Starting with land sowing, Zhenbeipu town, Xixia district, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, uses science and technology to empower characteristic planting and food security.
At the watermelon plantation in Huaxi village, Zhenbeipu town newly planted specialty watermelon seedlings are growing vigorously. With unified planning for planting, technical guidance, and sales, the disadvantage of sandy soil has been turned into an advantage.
The watermelon plantation in Huaxi village. [Photo provided to seeningxia.com]
Tuanjie village, Zhenbeipu town, not only strictly monitors the quality of agricultural inputs at the goqi berry plantation and regularly tests soil and irrigation water, but also promotes scientific fertilization techniques.
Farmers in Tuanjie village work on a goqi berry plantation. [Photo provided to seeningxia.com]
In the Zhenbeipu village silage corn planting zone, a "company + base + order" production-marketing model has been implemented, coordinating the cultivation of 100.67 hectares of corn, 7.33 hectares of Beijing chrysanthemum, and 2.87 hectares of sesame. They have introduced professional agricultural seed physical quality exchange and irrigation water treatment technologies, arranged for agricultural technicians to go into the fields, guided scientific planting and precise fertilization, and ensured that all arable land is planted to high standards. Production this year is expected to reach 6,000 metric tons, increasing the collective income of the village by 3.7 million yuan ($513,367), with per capita income rising by seven percent.
Young wheat seedlings grow vigorously in the fields of Zhenbeipu town. [Photo provided to seeningxia.com]