In the midsummer of June, the thousands of acres of honeysuckle in Shiwan Village, Baihe Township, Dongxiang County also entered the full blooming period. Taking advantage of the fine weather, the villagers were busy picking in the flower field, a bumper harvest scene, and clusters of honeysuckle bloomed on the branches, becoming the flowers of the villagers' wealth.
On June 25th, the reporter walked into the honeysuckle planting base of Shiwan Village, and looked at it from afar, a piece of sparkling flowers, white or yellow, swaying with the wind, bursts of fragrance came to the nose, refreshing people's hearts. Villagers and more than a dozen cadres and workers of Baihe Township are picking honeysuckle in the field, and the flower field is full of laughter and laughter, and their faces are filled with the joy of harvest.
In recent years, relying on the natural conditions of sufficient sunshine and mild climate in the local area, the masses have been encouraged to develop honeysuckle planting industry according to local conditions, and planting experts have been invited from time to time to provide technical guidance on planting, picking, drying, storage and other links, so as to drive the villagers to increase their income and get rich together. From the small-scale successful trial planting in 2019 to the current scale of more than 1,000 acres, with an annual income of one million, the successful planting of honeysuckle has made the planting masses really taste the sweetness.
"I planted eight acres of honeysuckle last year, and the income was more than 56,000 yuan, and the price of honeysuckle this year is considerable, and it is expected to earn more than 60,000 yuan." Ma Mo Ersu, a honeysuckle grower in Shiwan Village, said happily.
Today, honeysuckle has become one of the pillar industries in Dongxiang County to promote agricultural income, and the planting area of the county has now reached 20,170 mu, driving 69 villages in 18 townships to plant honeysuckle, and the total output of honeysuckle in the county will reach 209 tons in 2023, with a total income of 4.18 million yuan. The stable market demand and easy-to-manage business model have promoted the rapid development of honeysuckle planting in Dongxiang County and brought benefits to the masses. Next, Dongxiang County will continue to combine its own location advantages, vigorously support cooperatives and large planters to expand the scale of planting, improve planting technology, and take the cultivation and expansion of honeysuckle characteristic industries as an important measure to implement rural revitalization and increase the income of the masses.
Reporter: Mayarui