on november 1, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs issued the commendation decision on the 2020-2021 shennong china agricultural technology award. the scientific and technological achievement "establishment and promotion of precision feeding technology based on mother-child integration to improve psy" jointly completed by huazhong agricultural university, china agricultural university, and sichuan dekon agriculture and animal husbandry food group co., ltd. won the first prize of the 2020-2021 shennong china agricultural science and technology award.
the shennong china agricultural science and technology award is the only comprehensive agricultural science and technology award approved by the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs and the ministry of science and technology for the national agricultural industry. it is an inheritance and extension of the original science and technology progress award of ministry of agriculture, aiming to rewarding collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the progress and innovation of china's agricultural science and technology. the award-winning achievements represent the level of scientific and technological development in the agricultural industry.
dekon group has been committed to the research and promotion of key aquaculture technologies. as early as 2018, it has been working with professor peng jian's team at huazhong agricultural university to research and promote the project of "establishment and promotion of precision feeding technology based on mother-child integration to improve psy". professor peng jian's team elucidate the key mechanisms affecting the reproductive performance of sows and determine key regulatory targets utilizing interdisciplinary research methods such as feed nutrition, genetics and breeding, microbiome and molecular biology, and big data analysis. based on the research results, dekon group promoted to use the big data analysis system for breeding pigs and the "weight-based precise feeding" technology, significantly improving the psy and weaning weight of piglets in the group.
to become a leader in high-end food to achieve its vision of a "high-end food ecosystem" and create high-quality food, dekon group will take this as an opportunity to enhance technological innovation, fully develop the entire industry chain in breeding, nutrition, disease control, etc., and strengthen its technological research and development and achievement transformation advantages in live pigs.