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智慧农业：北斗卫星系统改变中国农业

        中国各地的农民正在使用卫星技术管理他们的作物。他们表示，这有助于提高效率，改进农业流程，减少工作量。记者周艺欣报道。

       李可新正在对北斗导航智能终端设备进行设置。该设备可以协助农机手更精确地开展工作。李可新是维霞农机合作社的农机手，“使用北斗导航卫星系统可以提高我们操作的准确性。例如，在同一块土地上，以前只能种植10行，但现在可以种植11行，这提高了土地的利用率，增加了产量。过去，天黑时不可能工作，但现在有了导航系统，晚上的工作质量是和白天一样高。它也有助于降低工作强度。"

        记者周艺欣在山东济宁报道，“在我身后，旋耕机正在碾压土壤，平整地面，准备播种。值得注意的是，机器主要是自己操作。农机手只需要在机器改变方向时进行转向和换档。”北斗系统确保播种过程中的误差幅度不超过两厘米。它保持了均匀的播种宽度和深度，有利于种植小麦和有效地向土壤施肥。山东省西南部的济宁市已投资约140万美元，建设一个与北斗系统相连的智慧农机平台。

         济宁市农机发展促进中心主任刘奇志，“落实农机购置补贴等政策，对购买北斗导航卫星系统智能拖拉机和联合收割机的农户给予补贴，共计补贴1.3万余台套。”

         山拖农机装备有限公司生产的大部分机械都安装了北斗卫星系统。工程师孔泽坤向记者介绍，“与传统拖拉机相比，配备北斗导航卫星系统的拖拉机大大提高了数字化和智能化程度。它具有智能U形转弯、自动耕深保持和自动速度控制等功能，最终可将土地利用率提高4.5%，并减少燃料、种子和肥料的浪费。”

         卫星导航技术在农业中的应用有望在未来为中国各地的农业生产带来好处。CGTN记者周艺欣在山东济宁报道。

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Smart Agriculture: BeiDou satellite system transforming farming in China

Farmers across China are using satellite technology to manage their crops. They say it has helped improve efficiency, refined agricultural processes and reduced workloads. Zhou Yixin has more.

Li Kexin is adjusting the settings on a smart device that's operated by China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. It enables the farm machinery operator to work with greater precision.

LI KEXIN Farming machinery operator Weixia Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative "Using the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System can improve the accuracy of our operations. For example, on the same piece of land, only 10 rows could be planted before, but now 11 rows can be planted, which improves the utilization of the land and increases production. In the past, it was impossible to work when it was dark, but now with the navigation system, the quality of work done at night is as high as that done during the day. It also helps reduce the intensity of work."

ZHOU YIXIN Jining, Shandong Province "Behind me, the rotary tillers are working to crush the soil and level the ground, making it ready to be sowed. What's worth noticing is that the machines are mainly operating by themselves. Farmers only need to steer the wheel and shift gears when the machine is changing direction."

The BeiDou system ensures the margin of error during sowing doesn't exceed two centimeters.

It maintains uniform seeding width and depth, which is conducive to growing wheat and efficiently applying fertilizer to the soil.

The city of Jining in southwestern Shandong Province has invested around 1.4 million dollars to build a smart agricultural machinery platform linked to the BeiDou system.

LIU QIZHI Director Jining Agricultural Machinery Development Promotion Center "Policies such as subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery were implemented, and subsidies were given to farmers who purchased smart tractors and combine harvesters equipped with BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. In total, more than 13,000 subsidies."

Most of the machinery manufactured at the Shantuo agricultural equipment factory, is fitted with the Beidou Satellite System.

KONG ZEKUN Electrical Designer Shandong Wuzheng Group Co., Ltd. "Compared with traditional tractors, tractors equipped with BeiDou Navigation Satellite System have greatly improved the degree of digitization and intelligence. It has functions such as the intelligent U-turn, automatic ploughing depth maintenance and automatic speed control, which can ultimately increase the utilization of fields by 4.5 percent, and reduce the waste of fuel, seeds, and fertilizers by 4.5 percent."

The use of satellite technology in agriculture is expected to bring benefits to farming communities across China well into the future. Zhou Yixin, CGTN, Jining, Shandong Province.