Yangling, Shaanxi: 300 extension Professors accelerate agricultural science and technology roots

Xinhua Xian November 1 Xinhua reporter from 1st opening of the 16th session of China's yangling agricultural high-tech achievements fair learned that in recent years, yangling demonstration zone has set up a new agricultural technology popularization model "taking university professors as the leader, taking the demonstration base as the carrier and taking the agricultural personnel as the main body" to accelerate the roots of agriculture and science.　　The team has reached more than 300. Located in the middle of Shaanxi yangling demonstration Zone, with Northwest and Yangling Vocational and technical College two colleges and universities, gathered thousands of agricultural scientists and technicians, known as China's "Agricultural Science and Technology city."　　The yangling agricultural hi-tech industry demonstration area, established in 1997, has carried on the continuous exploration in the agricultural science and technology popularization. At present, the major drawback of agricultural science and technology popularization in China is that the agricultural colleges and universities that are responsible for agricultural technique research and development do not undertake the promotion task, and the Agricultural Extension Service system at all levels lacks technical achievements.　　In order to explore the solution, starting from 2006, yangling demonstration area organizes Northwest's advantageous discipline, in some places in Shaanxi around the agriculture leading industry and the local government to establish the Agricultural Experiment Demonstration Station, carries on the new breed breeding, new technology demonstration, simultaneously for the local agricultural personnel and the fruit growers impart the new technology. Northwest Melon Breeding expert Du Junzhi is the practitioner of this agricultural science and technology extension model. Du June Zhi in recent years in Xi ' an Yanliang to promote the "Early Honey One" series of thick melon new varieties, now the annual planting area of about 30,000 acres, the net income of 5000 yuan per Mu.　　2006, Northwest and Yanliang District Government jointly established the Melon Science and technology test demonstration station, and set up a team of 10 experts from melon breeding, facility cultivation, plant protection, product marketing and so on, field engaged in science and technology research and promotion. To date, yangling demonstration zone and northwest formed a group of more than 300 "promotion professor" and more than 1000 grass-roots agricultural personnel to participate in the promotion team, established in Shaanxi Apple, melon, kiwi, tea, walnut chestnut, aquatic products, jujube and other agricultural test demonstration stations, through this model, scientific research experts,　　Grass-roots technical cadres and farmers to achieve a "face-to-face", greatly accelerated the roots of agricultural science and technology. In order to encourage teaching and research personnel to devote themselves to agricultural technology popularization, northwest a list of "promotion professors" in the professional title promotion, and not on the evaluation of the hero, see the actual effect of agricultural technology extension. At the same time, according to the actual number of days in the countryside, the "promotion professor" Grant living allowance. In addition, in the school's Talent Development strategy plan included in the "Promotion of expert support Program", the winner of each subsidy of 150,000 yuan, dedicated to the demonstration base construction.