For China, smart agriculture is an important part of the development of smart economy in China. Smart agriculture can effectively liberate manpower and solve the problem of agricultural labor shortage in China through modern technologies such as the Internet of Things.
1. The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in China is increasing year by year.
From 20 14 to 20 19, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in China showed an increasing trend year by year. In 20 19, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in China reached 12.40 trillion, an increase of 9. 15% over 20 18.
Grain is the most basic means of survival in our country, and the supply of meat and fish is the main food for our people to supplement nutrition. Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that "food is the most important thing for the people", which shows the importance of agriculture in China. However, with the decrease of the birth rate in China, China will face the problem of labor shortage in the agricultural field in the future, which will have a certain adverse impact on China's economic development and political stability.
2. The birth rate in China has hit record lows, and the rural population is seriously drained.
Judging from the birth rate in China, 20152,300 people were born in China, with a birth rate of 10.94%. According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 20 18, the birth rate in 20 19.52 was the lowest since. However, with the passage of time, from 20 18 to 2020, the birth population and birth rate in China hit record lows. In 2020, the birth population in China is only120,000, and the birth rate is 8.50%, which is 1.98 percentage points lower than that in 20 19.
At the same time, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of 20 19, the number of elderly people aged 60 and over in China reached 254 million, accounting for 18. 1% of the total population, and the number of elderly people aged 65 and over reached1760,000, accounting for1of the total population. The population of China has entered a stage of moderate aging.
On the whole, China's birth rate has hit record lows in recent years, and China is losing its demographic dividend advantage, and may face the problem of insufficient agricultural labor force in the future.
As far as rural areas in China are concerned, the fertility rate itself is low. Young and middle-aged people who make a living by farming have to choose cities with more opportunities and better systems, resulting in fewer and fewer rural people. The decrease of rural population and the number of farmers has a certain adverse impact on China's agricultural development.
3. Smart agriculture liberates manpower with modern science and technology.
In recent years, the development of smart agriculture has alleviated the problem of labor shortage in China to some extent. Smart agriculture is the application of modern intelligent technologies such as Internet of Things and cloud computing in agriculture, and it is an important part of China's smart economy. Smart agriculture can promote the refinement and high efficiency of agricultural production and the sustainable development of agriculture, help agricultural producers to establish a traceability system, and help ensure the safety of agricultural food in China.
In the process of intelligent agricultural production in China, modern equipment such as plant protection drones, agricultural unmanned vehicles, automatic picking robots and automatic sorting robots are used for planting and picking crops, which makes it easy for the elderly and children to complete crop production after training, greatly liberating manpower.
-For more data, please refer to the Analysis Report on Development Prospects and Investment Strategic Planning of Smart Agriculture Industry in China issued by Forward-looking Industry Research Institute.