China News Service, Wuhan, April 1 (Wang Zheng) In Huanglong Village, Shanggon Township, Fangxian County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, the air is filled with the fragrance of Chinese medicinal materials. In the medicinal plantation of Huanglong Village, farmers are applying organic fertilizer to Chinese medicinal materials.
"My garden grows Gongshu, Bupleurum and other Chinese herbal medicines. This is my 'prescription' for getting rich." Shen Lishou, a medicine farmer in Huanglong Village, observed the growth of medicinal materials in the multi-functional monitoring room and introduced that in the past, planting relied on experience and farm work required more time. It depends on God's "face". During the seedling emergence period of Bupleurum, there will be continuous rainy weather, and dead seedlings will appear in low-lying plots, which will directly affect the harvest. Nowadays, the Bupleurum planting base has a 5G weather monitoring station, which is used to analyze the impact of changes in temperature, precipitation, humidity and other meteorological factors on the quality of Bupleurum. Planting medicine can rely on high technology.
A multifunctional weather station installed next to a medicinal plantation. Photographed by Wang Zheng
Fang County is known as the "Huazhong Medicine Storehouse". How to promote the industrial development of traditional Chinese medicinal materials in Fangxian County and raise the wallets of villagers? In 2023, Huanglong Village and China Mobile Hubei Company will build a digital and intelligent management platform around the Chinese herbal medicine industry, provide information management services for Chinese herbal medicine planting through the construction of multi-functional weather stations, and improve the management level of Chinese herbal medicine planting.
Villagers observe the growth of Chinese medicinal materials. Photographed by Wang Zheng
The smart planting of Chinese medicinal materials has brought real income to the medicinal farmers in Huanglong Village. Shen Lishou said that the annual income from planting medicinal materials will reach more than 30,000 yuan in 2023, and the information platform will save worry and trouble. This year, he plans to expand the planting area.
The smooth flow of information "arteries" helps medicinal materials go out of the mountains and broadens the way for people to get rich. In Wufeng County, Yichang, Hubei Province, Tian Changgui, a villager in Gaofeng Village, Changleping Town, posted the sale information of medicinal materials online, and soon a medicinal material company called to inquire about the purchase. “The price is much higher than that of local traders,” he said.
In recent years, Hubei Mobile has continued to promote digital rural infrastructure upgrades and build a solid foundation for rural revitalization networks. So far, a total of 74,000 5G base stations have been built and opened. 5G networks cover more than 10,000 key administrative villages in the province. Gigabit optical networks cover approximately 19 million households. The Gigabit coverage rate in administrative villages reaches 100%. (over)