“The strategic cooperation between Dekon Group and Huazhong Agricultural University is not only a technical cooperation between the two, but also the cooperation in technical innovation paradigm. It not only opens up the scientific research and transformation industry chain of Huazhong Agricultural University, but also applies the open resources from society to the innovation practice of enterprises, creating a new paradigm of school-enterprise high-tech innovation cooperation.” On June 5, at the meeting on the Implementation of National Key R&D Program Project and the Signing of Strategic Cooperation Agreement between Dekon Group and Huazhong Agricultural University, Huang Shengbiao, Deputy Director of the China Rural Technology Development Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, highly affirmed the cooperation between the two sides.
Wang Degen, Chairman of Dekon Group, said that Huazhong Agricultural University is a very dedicated university with strong scientific research strength. It has three A+ disciplines, and its zoology and botany rank in the top 1‰ of ESI disciplines, which is at the top level in the world. It has made great contributions to the development of animal husbandry and the supply of talents.
Dekon Group has a complete industrial chain system, and has established a scientific breeding system from breeding, disease control, nutrition to production management and operation, which can provide pig breeding integrated system solutions for intelligent breeding ecosystem partners. Dekon respects talents and technology. The smooth implementation and promotion of national Key R&D Program project in Dekon will achieve a win-win situation of school-enterprise cooperation and set up a model of school-enterprise cooperation.
Yao Jianglin, Vice President of Huazhong Agricultural University, highly affirmed the strategic cooperation with Dekon Group. He said that Dekon Group has a good cooperation foundation with Huazhong Agricultural University, and Dekon Group’s mission of “large-scale agriculture, comprehensive education and big health” is consistent with the century-old school-running concept of Huazhong Agricultural University; Dekon’s philosophy of “dare to challenge, give to get, create and share together” is highly consistent with the Huazhong Agricultural University’s core spirit of “Learn and Practice, Achieve and Help Achieve”. The strong combination of the two sides has a very broad prospect of cooperation, and will strongly promote the upgrading of pig industry in China.
At the project implementation and promotion meeting, Professor Peng Jian from Huazhong Agricultural University gave a detailed introduction to the progress of the “Application of New Technology for Precise Breeding of Sows” project. As the precision feed for sows is successfully applied in Dekon, the production performance of sows and the economic benefits of the enterprise have been significantly improved, and there is a very broad application prospect.
Huang Shengbiao, Deputy Director of the China Rural Technology Development Center, spoke highly of Dekon’s ability to pursue innovation. He said that Dekon’s promotion of school-enterprise cooperation fully embodies the concept that enterprises respect talents. Dekon’s AI pig farming takes AI as a new production factor and breaks the original production relations. It is not only a technological change, but also a change in industry and society, which represents the innovation paradigm of modern agriculture.
Ge Yiqiang, Director of China Rural Technology Development Center, Zhu Yongjin, Deputy Director of Rural Affairs Bureau under Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province, Song Weiping, Executive Vice President of DBN Technology Group, Tian Yu, Director of the Academy of Science and Technology Development of Huazhong Agricultural University, Jiang Siwen, Professor of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wei Hongkui, Associate Professor of Huazhong Agricultural University, Tang Jianyuan, Vice Chairman of Tequ Group, Wu Yun, HR Director of Tequ Group, Shu Dingming, Chief Scientist of Dekon Group, and Mei Shaofeng, Vice President of Feed Business Department and Director of Technology Department, Tequ Group, attended the meeting.
