"Vegetable factory" settled in island of South China Sea

“蔬菜工厂” 落户南海小岛

Source
China Military Online
Editor
Li Weichao
Time
2022-04-19 00:40:18

Thanks to a container "vegetable factory", the troop unit of a naval observation and communications brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command stationed on an island in the South China Sea recently ended its history of "harvesting vegetables at the mercy of weather conditions".

近日,一座集装箱“蔬菜工厂”落户南部战区海军某观通旅驻岛部队,让这里彻底告别了“看天吃菜”的历史。

In the past, the supply of fresh vegetables totally relied on sea freight shipping, and the route often got interrupted whenever there was strong wind or heavy fog. Although the troops have tried a variety of methods to cultivate vegetables on the island, the result was unsatisfactory given the special climate and environment therein.

该旅有多个海岛观通站,自身补给困难,鲜菜供应依靠海上运输,每遇大风、大雾等天气,航线便会中断。官兵曾尝试过多种蔬菜培育方式,但面对海岛特殊的气候和环境,蔬菜生长情况均不理想。

The newly-built "vegetable factory" container was thus developed to solve the problem of yielding fresh vegetables for service members stationed in highlands, islands, borders or uninhabited regions.

据了解,“蔬菜工厂”由相关部门依托军地科研力量研发,主要解决驻“高海边无”地区吃新鲜蔬菜难问题。

The "vegetable factory" container can be operated by a single person, in which a dozen kinds of vegetables can be produced with appropriate environmental conditions created by controlling light, nutrient solution, and temperature.

“蔬菜工厂”采用一体化运行模式,单人即可操作,通过“控制光照、营养液、温度”即可营造出适宜10余种蔬菜生长的环境条件。

In view of the actual situation in the South China Sea, the specially designed "vegetable factory" container is lighter and of stronger corrosion resistance. Besides, a garbage treatment cabin is added outside the factory system aiming at the disposal of kitchen waste on islands, which serves for fermenting, decomposing and recycling organic waste such as kitchen waste, while providing organic fertilizers for vegetables or green plants.

着眼南海海域的实际情况,特殊设计优化后的“蔬菜工厂”箱体更轻、耐蚀性更强。针对海岛餐厨垃圾处理不便难题,还在系统外加设了垃圾处理舱,可将餐厨垃圾等有机废弃物进行发酵分解、循环利用,为蔬菜、绿植等提供有机肥料。

Next, the naval observation and communications brigade will further popularize the "vegetable factory" to highlands and islands, and build more "vegetable gardens" supported by new energy technologies.

下一步,该旅将广泛收集基层种植意见,为推动“蔬菜工厂”在高山海岛地区落地生根,建设更多依托新能源技术支撑的“菜园子”。

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