Alshaa intelligent agriculture project recognized

It can identify remote grazing areas while providing automatic statistics, a real-time grasp of pasture information and timely acquisition of unusual and abnormal conditions. Decision-making controls are also provided.

To date, more than 500 herders in Alshaa have used more than 2,000 sets of Beidou positioning equipment. The number of camels managed through intelligent grazing is now about 30,000.

According to calculations, compared with the same period last year, camel herders can save more than 50 percent of grazing time and grazing costs of at least 5,000 yuan ($729) per year. The project has been extended to other areas of Inner Mongolia, as well as to Gansu and Qinghai provinces.

Smart drinking water technology uses a network and monitoring camera, as well as induction, automatic detection and remote-control technology, to automate the management of electric water extraction.

The technology began to be developed and promoted in farming and pastoral areas in 2015. So far, more than 1,000 smart drinking water devices have been installed for farmers and herders.