Over 5000 high-quality seeds presented at Guangdong Seed Industry Conference

On December 12th, the 22nd Guangdong Seed Industry Conference kicked off in Guangzhou, with the launch of the Seed Trading Center, one of the projects of "One Hundred Counties, One Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages" in Guangdong.

At the variety exhibition of the conference, over 5000 varieties are competing on the same stage (Photo by Tan Jiafu)

This year's conference has innovatively launched the "1+N" mode, linking the Guangdong Province with 14 cities with 16 sub-venues.

The demonstration of a machinery's work on vegetable production in the field (Photo by Tan Jiafu)

At the conference, 136 high-quality varieties, the first 1,000 agricultural science and technology envoys of the projects of "One Hundred Counties, One Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages" in Guangdong, and the list of key counties for the first batch of Guangdong sweet potato promotion actions were announced. Thousands of seed companies brought over 5000 varieties for display. An exhibition themed on the revitalization of the seed industry in Guangdong showcased the latest achievements of Guangdong in the fields of crops, livestock and poultry, aquaculture, and agricultural microbiology seed industry for the first time with graphics and real samples.

The exhibition showcases a series of cutting-edge technological achievements and equipment in the seed industry, including seed industry brands, innovative achievements in pig breeding, "digital light cavalry" field classes, effective science and education systems, and modern agricultural machinery and equipment. There are also advanced technologies in green prevention and control, high-quality and efficient production, and fresh locking for lychees, as well as the first self-propelled sweet potato harvester in the hilly clay area in China, and the small movable rice dryer.

The conference set up a comprehensive exhibition of the entire industry chain of sweet potato production in Guangdong with new varieties, new technologies, and new models, showcasing 47 varieties, including high-quality fresh sweet potato varieties and ornamental varieties. The exhibition also presented the mechanized production of sweet potatoes, allowing the audience to know the industry better.

The variety exhibition is crowded with people (Photo by Tan Jiafu)

The conference also showcased a variety of "agriculture+" application scenarios. The exhibition of digital and urban modern agriculture application scenarios can provide one-stop materials and equipment needed to create a green and beautiful balcony vegetable garden, while eye-catching digital agriculture application scenarios such as smart irrigation, digital meteorology, smart soil moisture, unmanned aerial vehicles, and mountain intelligent machinery also receive much attention. Activities such as tasting pork from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and other food, popular science research, and leisure picking bring the public closer to the world of seeds.

It is reported that the concept of "field exhibition", introduced for the first time at the conference, has spread throughout the country, achieving the integration of new varieties, new technologies, new equipment, and new agricultural techniques in practice. It has built a platform for an exhibition of different varieties, technology promotion, achievement exhibition, and project cooperation, demonstrating the advantages of regionalization, specialization, and uniqueness.

(Yangcheng Evening News)