Promoting scientific planting and fertiliser application by harnessing the role of micro-organisms

Only healthy soil will lead to healthy crops and healthy food. It can be said that the safety and health of the soil is the source of food safety. The role of microorganisms as soil regulators should not be underestimated. For the future development of agriculture, we must let soil micro-organisms play a big role in agricultural production.

How do you get micro-organisms to work?

Wherever possible, plant and animal waste is returned to the soil through techniques such as decomposition, which promotes the proliferation of beneficial microorganisms in the soil.

Micro-organisms will decompose organic matter, releasing nutrients, one side for plants to use, and synthesize their own cells, saving nutrients from being lost; after the death of micro-organisms, nutrients can be mineralised again for plants to use, micro-organisms constantly cycle process, revitalising the soil.

The important condition for micro-organisms to multiply is to apply more organic fertilisers. The organic matter in organic fertilisers is conducive to the growth of micro-organisms and it is the nutrient for micro-organisms. The use of organic fertilizers is an effective way to reduce dependence on chemical fertilisers and to fertilise the soil. The use of more organic fertilisers and the return of straw to the fields is the experience accumulated by our farmers over thousands of years of practice.

And to allow microorganisms to play their full role and to address the root causes of soil quality problems, changes must be made in farming systems and scientific farming concepts. For example, for future development, we can implement scientific and rational farming methods that combine land cultivation and land nourishment, intercrop rotation between leguminous crops and other crops, and intercrop mixing between leguminous and gram crops, so that the land can rest and recuperate as much as possible.

In addition, scientific fertilisation should be advocated. The contribution of chemical fertilisers to food production is very large. Scientific fertilisation does not mean that chemical fertilisers are not allowed to be applied, but that chemical fertilisers and organic fertilisers are applied together. Scientific fertilisation does not mean that chemical fertilisers are not allowed to be applied, but rather that chemical fertilisers and organic fertilisers should be applied together.