On February 28, the first lecture of a series of virtual training courses on agricultural facility types and industrial applications, hosted by the Office of SCO Demonstration Base for Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training was held successfully. The lecture was mainly open to agricultural technicians, researchers and other related personnel from SCO countries and other developing countries, with the participation of more than 800 people.
The guest speaker for this lecture was Cheng Zhihui, a professor at the College of Horticulture of the Northwest A&F University. Professor Cheng is mainly engaged in research on applied technology of protected horticulture and technology of protected vegetable cultivation.
The lecture introduced different types of plastic film mulching cultivation, with emphasis on hay mulching and sand mulching as well as their applications; the professor also introduced the types and applications of simple facilities, such as small and medium-sized plastic tunnels, shade net, insect net and rain shelter.
In the first half of 2022, SCO Demonstration Base for Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training will focus on the types and industrial applications of agricultural facilities to launch five online training courses, covering the types and applications of simple mulching cultivation facilities, the types and applications of heat-accumulating agricultural facilities, the environmental performance and regulation technologies of temperature, light, humidity and gas in agricultural facilities, the characteristics and regulation technologies of environmental humidity and gas characteristics in agricultural facilities, and the environmental characteristics and regulation technologies of soil and pests in agricultural facilities.
