Many Chinese farmers have begun growing crops in
computer-controlled rooms instead of tilling fields with spades.
They apply fertilizer, water fields and treat insect pest with
equipment controlled by computers in intelligent farm workshops.
Their products, in high quality and great variety, are shipped to
supermarkets and hotels and sold at a good price.
More than 150 agro-technological guiding systems have been set up
in Yunnan, Anhui, Jilin and Hainan provinces to teach farmers how
to cultivate grain crops, vegetables, fruit and aquatic
products.
In
the 20 demonstration zones built between 1998 and 2000, grain
output was increased by 2 billion kg, saving 640 million yuan in
production costs.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the cities of Shanghai and
Beijing are experimenting with the satellite positioning technology
for accurate control of fertilizer application.
(China Daily
November 13, 2001)