Watermelons planted in an agricultural park in Daliu township, Liangzhou district, Wuwei city, northwest China’s Gansu Province recently entered the harvest season.
A farmer harvests a watermelon in a greenhouse at an agricultural park in Daliu township, Liangzhou district, Wuwei city, northwest China’s Gansu Province. (Photo/Li Yalong)
Thanks to the application of the Internet of Things, farmers can check on the watermelons’ growth, control the ventilation and temperature in greenhouses, and water and fertilize the watermelons using a mobile phone app.
Farmers harvest watermelons in a greenhouse at an agricultural park in Daliu township, Liangzhou district, Wuwei city, northwest China’s Gansu Province. (Photo/Li Yalong)
Liangzhou district is a vegetable and fruit planting base in winter and spring in northern China. To date, it is home to 72,000 vegetable and fruit greenhouses that cover a total area of 134,000 mu (about 8,900 hectares). Its planting scale and output of vegetables and fruit grown in greenhouses rank first in Gansu Province.
A farmer harvests a watermelon in a greenhouse at an agricultural park in Daliu township, Liangzhou district, Wuwei city, northwest China’s Gansu Province. (Photo/Li Yalong)
Aerial photo shows watermelon greenhouses at an agricultural park in Daliu township, Liangzhou district, Wuwei city, northwest China’s Gansu Province. (Photo/Li Yalong)
原文地址：http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/1228/c90000-10189317.html