Agricultural technology in Baiju Town

Baiju Town, Dafeng District, Jiangsu Province is a traditional planting town and one of the 18 demonstration towns in Jiangsu Province for the integrated technology of straw return and rice transplanting. Baiju Town takes the promotion of integrated technology of mechanized straw returning to the field and mechanical rice transplanting as a fundamental measure to increase farmers' income, improve the rural environment, improve farming efficiency, and transfer rural labor. Based on the experimental demonstrations in previous years, it further increases the organization and promotion efforts. , the comprehensive popularization of this new technology has achieved obvious results. Baiju Town has 136 large and medium-sized tractors, 216 combine harvesters, 749 small tractors, 112 straw returners and 84 rice transplanters. In 2008, the town added 42 new rice transplanters, 28 straw returning machines (matched with large tractors), and 1 baling machine. The town signed a straw returning operation contract of 25,000 acres, and the rice transplanting area reached 13,000 acres. mu. Their main methods are:

First, pay close attention to publicity and mobilization to create a strong social atmosphere

Start from changing farmers' ideological concepts, based on the word "early", and actively do a good job in guiding . Before the summer harvest, the town specially printed and distributed "An Open Letter to the Farmers in the Town", which was distributed to thousands of rural households. Propaganda slogans were posted in prominent locations in the town and villages, and the words "Returning Straw to Fields and Rice" were written in the village affairs public column. The information board on the integrated technology of machine-transplanted rice vigorously publicizes the serious hazards of burning straw. Through various forms and channels of publicity, it improves the awareness of farmers on the integrated technology of returning straw to the field and machine-transplanted rice.

The second is to improve the organizational structure and implement target responsibilities

The first is to strengthen organizational leadership. The town has established a leading group for the promotion of the integrated technology of mechanized straw returning to the field and rice machine transplanting. The mayor is personally responsible, and the leaders in charge are specifically responsible. The implementation of the integrated technology of straw returning to the field and rice machine transplanting is managed by the Agricultural Machinery Station and the Agricultural Technology Station. , members of the working group composed of secretaries of each village branch implemented the specific implementation. At the same time, agricultural machinery and agricultural technology technicians were organized to set up a technical research team to formulate an implementation plan and detailed time sequence plan for the integrated technology of straw returning to the field and rice transplanting to ensure the orderly advancement of this work. The second is to strengthen the responsibility assessment. The town government signed a responsibility letter for completing the target tasks with each village, clarifying the various goals and reward and punishment measures. The town working group implemented the fields and operating machines one by one, village by village, and paid close attention to the return of straw to the fields and machines. Implementation of rice transplanting work. The third is to strengthen key promotion. Taking advantage of the opportunity of building a demonstration town for mechanized straw return to farmland, eight villages along the 204 National Highway and Coastal Expressway were selected as the focus. The straw return area in each village is required to be no less than 50%, including Xiao'ao, Tangshe, Shizikou, In the four key villages of Yangxin, the integrated technology of straw returning and rice transplanting has been implemented in more than 70% of the area. Through hard work and overcoming many difficulties, *** signed 3,620 straw return operation contracts with farmers, covering an operating area of ??25,000 acres.

The third is to strengthen technical guidance to ensure the effectiveness of promotion

In order to help farmers master the integrated technology of straw return to the field and rice machine transplantation in a timely manner, the town has issued easy-to-understand operating process technology More than 2,000 copies of the road map were distributed to all villages. Starting from technical training, starting before summer operations, four consecutive radio technology lectures and one on-site demonstration were held to dispel farmers' concerns. In order to ensure that the work is done together, the work is successful, and the work is promoted, the town organizes town and village working groups to divide areas into areas, go deep into the fields to provide technical guidance, strengthen services, and use high-quality services to promote the work of returning straw to the field and rice transplanting by machine. carried out and won praise from farmers.

The fourth is to establish a demonstration base and expand radiation. In the promotion work, the town chose four villages, Shizikou, Xiao'ao, Tangshe and Yangxin, which have relatively strong village branch work capabilities, to establish demonstration bases, and expand the radiation coverage and influence by leading from one point to another. The contiguous area of ??the four key villages implementing integrated technology has reached more than 500 acres. Through experimental demonstrations for farmers to see and lead them to do, the majority of farmers not only recognized this new technology, but also actively participated in the application and promotion of this technology. Tests have proven that the soil organic matter content, available phosphorus, and potassium content in the fields where the straw return project was implemented generally increased, and the soil's aggregate structure and air permeability were greatly improved. In 2007, the unit yield of machine-transplanted rice was 626.3 kilograms, which was higher than that without straw return. The yield per mu of returned land increased by 18.6 kilograms.