Shandong Province recently issued the “Three-Year Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pollution Sources in Shandong Province to Promote the “Four Reductions and Four Increases” (2018-2020), in which pesticides and fertilizers have become the key prevention areas.

 
The program clearly requires that efforts should be made to reduce the amount of fertilizer used. Vigorously promote weight loss and efficiency technology, accelerate the promotion of water and fertilizer integration technology, organize the implementation of water and fertilizer integration demonstration projects, continue to increase the proportion of compound (mixed) fertilizer, water-soluble fertilizer, slow release fertilizer application, by 2020, water and fertilizer integration application area Increase to 7.5 million acres.

 
The person in charge of the Shandong Provincial Department of Agriculture said that it will strengthen the application of soil testing and formula fertilization technology, comprehensively implement the monitoring of cultivated land quality, popularize soil testing and formula fertilization, and realize the full coverage of various crops such as wheat, corn, vegetables and fruit trees, and improve the utilization rate of fertilizer. By 2020, the coverage rate of soil testing and formula fertilization technology will be stable at more than 90%, the application area of ​​formula fertilizer will reach 60 million mu, and the utilization rate of chemical fertilizer will reach 40%. The implementation of organic fertilizer alternative demonstration projects, the promotion of organic fertilizer to replace fertilizer technology, by 2020, the province’s commercial organic fertilizer use increased to more than 4.28 million tons.
 

The plan also requires relevant departments to speed up the formulation and implementation of the three-year action plan for the transformation and upgrading of pesticides in Shandong Province, research and development, and promotion of high-efficiency, low-toxic, low-residue pesticides. Organize the implementation of green prevention and control technology integration and demonstration of pests and diseases, high-efficiency characteristic agricultural development platform, honeybee pollination and green prevention and control technology integration and demonstration, and cultivated land quality improvement plan pesticide residue control projects, etc., to promote the promotion of green prevention and control technology.

 
In addition, Shandong Province will vigorously promote the construction of 12 green tea prevention and control demonstration counties for fruit and vegetable pests and diseases, give full play to the role of more than 300 green prevention and control demonstration zones in the province, and promote the implementation of green prevention and control measures. Multi-channel and multi-level training on green prevention and control technology, fostering green prevention and control technology backbone, and improving the penetration rate of green prevention and control technology. Strictly implement quality standards for agricultural inputs such as pesticides. According to local conditions, modern plant protection machinery such as high-efficiency large and medium-sized application machines and plant protection drones should be promoted to improve the accuracy of spraying pesticides on targets. Implement demonstration projects for the professionalization of agricultural pests and diseases, and continuously improve the coverage of green prevention and control. By 2020, the green prevention and control coverage of major crop pests and diseases will reach over 30%.