Smart technologies aid agricultural production in China's Henan

STORY: Smart technologies aid agricultural production in China's Henan DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU HUIYI, Farmer of Zouzhuang Village 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI TONGGUO, Agricultural technician 3. various of the farmland in Xichuan County 3. various of the smart equipment STORYLINE: As a major grain-producing area in China, Henan Province has actively explored the construction of smart farmlands. Zou Huiyi, who has planted more than 100 mu (about 16.5 acres) of farmland, showed a smart irrigation system at his farmland in Zouzhuang Village of Xichuan County. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU HUIYI, Farmer of Zouzhuang Village "Irrigation is convenient now by using my phone. After downloading the app, I just need to speak to my phone to start or stop the irrigation. In the past, if you couldn't irrigate the farmlands properly, the yields were merely about 300 kg per mu (about 0.16 acres), or 400 kg