New Directions for China

Added by Joshua Tong Yu Ee , last edited by Chin Su Yuen on 14 Nov 2008

 
The advent of agricultural engineering profession has freed up millions of workers from farms to manufacturing & service industries in developed countries, and facilitate the industrial revolution process. It has accelerated agricultural modernization in less developed countries and will continue to better the living environment and flourishing of the harmonious rural community; The first two decades of this century are of great importance in China's Socio-economic development. China aims to increase the promotion of "Agricultural Engineering Technology Innovation" in realizing its national new development strategy with the goal of speeding up industrialization. They believe that the Agricultural Engineering profession will continue to play an important role for its agricultural modernization and new countryside constructions.
Among some of the steps in the proposed strategy are: 

1) To develop modern Agriculture, multi-disciplinary integrated approaches are required.

2) Increase the close cooperation between agro-biologists and agronomists to widen the fundamental knowledge of experts. It is very important for Agricultural Engineers to also have the skills, expertise and knowledge of Biological System Engineers as it complements the field of agriculture engineering greatly.

3) Promotion of regional cooperation between Agricultural Engineering communities for the sharing of knowledge, experience and also to come up with common efforts to face new challenges. This will be mutually beneficial to speeding up agricultural modernization in all the communities involved.

Source: http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/ictfarm/New+Directions+For+China, 22 Nov 2008