Zoomlion Helps Laos in Sustainable Development of Paddy Field Mechanization

Date:2022-09-16 Author:Tom Source:www.chinaspv.com

September 16, 2022, Laos, On August 26, the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation on the One Railway and Two Parks Project and the donation ceremony of agricultural machinery and equipment between the Hunan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos were held in Changsha, China and Vientiane, Laos through video link. A batch of Zoomlion high-end agricultural machinery and equipment for paddy field mechanization were donated to Laos.

This donation mainly includes seedling raising machines, seedling throwers, new paddy field tractors, and rice combine-harvesters. In the early stage, the project will focus on the experiment and scientific research, standardization, and popularization of the mechanization of rice planting. In later stages, more technologies and products of agricultural mechanization and intelligent agriculture will be introduced to Laos in a planned and step-by-step manner, and efforts will be made to support and help Laos achieve overtaking in agricultural technology.

It is learned that in order to effectively improve the efficiency of agricultural production and the level of agricultural techniques and promote the development of the agricultural industry in Laos, Zoomlion has sent a team of agricultural technical experts to Laos twice for field investigations on its rice planting techniques and harvesting operation conditions. Finally, it was agreed that Zoomlion would introduce its pioneering mechanical seedling throwing project and technology to Laos to help innovate in its traditional rice planting mode. Guided by the mechanization and standardization of planting, a new model of rice mechanization in Laos will be constructed to help the agriculture transform and upgrading of Laos towards high efficiency, economy, and sustainability.

The donated equipment is highly targeted and well adapted to the agricultural production in Laos. Take the orderly rice thrower as an example. This product is a brand-new product developed by Zoomlion after six years’ efforts. By adopting the newly developed seedling throwing technology, it has broken through the inherent transplanting method, overcome the problems of difficult seedling raising, slow seedling establishment, late tillering, etc., and can help farmers increase outputs and incomes. The RV series paddy field tractor is a new product developed and produced for Southeast Asia and South China. It is light in weight and is not easy to get stuck in the field. In addition, its high ground clearance, small turning radius, and agility allow it to easily cross various fields.

The China-Laos Railway “One Railway, Two Parks” international economic and trade cooperation platform project takes the China-Laos Railway as the industrial chain, fully develops the agricultural products market and agricultural resources in Laos, and builds a Sino-Laos route of in-depth economic and trade cooperation featuring “agricultural products to China and industrial products to Laos”. This donation of agricultural machinery and equipment is also one of the landmark projects to promote the cooperation between Hunan and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos.

According to Zoomlion, the company will actively respond to “The Belt and Road” initiative and participated in the strategic action plan of “One Railway, Two Parks” of Hunan Province. On the basis of the deep friendship between China and Laos, Zoomlion will deeply participate in the agricultural transformation and upgrading in Laos, help the agriculture of Laos to enhance its competitiveness and achieve sustainable development, and achieve win-win cooperation.