Smart irrigation fuels bumper cotton yields

URUMQI — Although close to the desert, a cotton field on the outskirts of Shihezi city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has become a high-yield field full of vitality thanks to an advanced intelligent agricultural system.

The system, featuring integrated irrigation of water and liquid fertilizer, is one of the major factors in Xinjiang becoming China's main cotton-producing base and a leader in modern agricultural development.

The system adds more than 1,500 kilograms per hectare in yield to the cotton field, which covers more than 20 hectares.