Alshaa intelligent agriculture project recognized

A project in the Alshaa Desert Grassland — Intelligent Management of Ecological Animal Husbandry — conducted under the auspices of Alshaa Left Banner in Alshaa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region recently received national recognition.

It was selected and recommended as an outstanding case for national intelligent agriculture development in 2022 and was one of 74 released by the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

The project has been in research and development since 2000. Responding to the special landscape characteristics of Alshaa League and the needs of its herders, it has developed technical equipment, including an intelligent grazing system and an intelligent drinking water system.

The core system for intelligent grazing applies internet and satellite positioning technology to animal husbandry.

Using internet technology, herd location information, movement and other information are connected to monitoring equipment to realize intelligent identification, positioning, tracking, monitoring and management.