Poverty relief work boosts counties in NW China's Shaanxi (I)

Planting mushrooms can be smart

An intelligent agriculture model base sits in Chaojiazhuang village of Xichahe township in Foping county, Hanzhong city. It has improved the quality of mushrooms with an intelligent platform that can control growth status.

Four elements that affect the growth of mushrooms -- temperature, air humidity, carbon dioxide concentration and illumination -- can be monitored on the internet.

The village also relies on the internet of things to sell mushrooms online. The annual output value of mushrooms can reach 1.3 million yuan, making mushroom production the major industry in this village.