Recently, Lin Zhibin, associate professor of the School of Biological Science and Engineering of Ningde Normal University, and his party came to the Wenyang Village planting base of Longxiong Betel Taro Professional Cooperative in Fuding City as scheduled, and had face-to-face communication with Hong Jixiong, the person in charge of the cooperative, and provided technical guidance on the field management of betel nut taro.
"Through the implementation of green prevention and control cultivation technologies such as chemical fertilizer reduction, film mulching and dense planting, and rotation of betel nut taro and rice, we have effectively improved the quality and yield of areca nut taro, with an average yield of 2,000 kg per mu." Hong Jixiong introduced that the cooperative was established in 2010, and has successively built planting bases in Wenyang and Songyang, actively connected with the team of science and technology correspondents, and carried out "industry-university-research" cooperation.
As the main production area of betel nut taro in Fuding, in recent years, Guanling Town has guided farmers to change their planting concepts in accordance with the development idea of "rejuvenating taro with science and technology and enriching farmers with taro", and made every effort to promote the standardized, large-scale and high-quality development of betel nut taro industry, forming betel nut taro planting bases such as Hekeng, Toucheng, Wenyang and Songyang.
Guanling town betel nut taro field
With taro industry, embark on the road of rich "taro". Hong Jixiong adopts the "cooperative + base + farmer + enterprise" group development model, establishes a high-yield and high-quality demonstration base for betel nut taro in Fuding, and cooperates with more than 200 farmers in the form of land transfer and rent, re-employment and remuneration according to work, driving the planting of more than 500 acres of betel nut taro. At the same time, farmer field schools have been set up to provide farmers with planting techniques free of charge.
"This year, I transferred 3 acres of land to the cooperative, and I was responsible for field management in the cooperative. In a year, the land circulation rent plus wages can reach 40,000 or 50,000 yuan. With his fingers snapped, taro farmer Zheng Guangpei calculated the "increase in income".
Guanling town betel nut taro field
While planting betel nut taro, Guanling Town actively promotes the processing of agricultural products in their places of origin. Walking into the production workshop of Fuding Lvye Food Co., Ltd., a leading municipal enterprise in Ningde, workers are busy making frozen products such as betel nut taro sticks, betel nut taro pieces, taro skewers, and taro balls on the production line.
According to the staff of the enterprise, the company uses betel nut taro as raw material to produce frozen products such as taro sticks, taro blocks, taro paste, taro balls, taro balls, taro skewers, taro balls, and other leisure snacks such as taro crisp and taro rolls, and the products are mainly sold in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Nanning, Taiyuan and other cities, with an annual output value of more than 20 million yuan.
In the production workshop of Fuding Lvye Food Co., Ltd., workers produce and process betel nut taro (data map)
The first industry enriches the second industry, and the second industry drives the first industry. Hou Miqing, deputy director of the Rural Revitalization Service Center of Guanling Town, said that at present, the planting area of betel nut taro in Guanling Town is 3,646 mu, with an annual output of 4,631 tons. With the gradual growth of the areca nut and taro industry, the local government has guided the establishment and improvement of the areca nut and taro industry chain, and promoted the areca nut and taro industry to become an important pillar industry for enriching the people and rejuvenating the village.
Walking in Toucheng Village, Guanling Town, the betel nut and taro theme paintings with bright colors and rich content "climb" on the houses and cultural walls are eye-catching.
Toucheng Village
Wang Zongkai, secretary of the party branch of Toucheng Village, introduced that Toucheng Village belongs to the core production area of betel nut taro in Fuding, and with the support of the higher departments, the village has built a betel nut taro theme park, taro field road, and viewing platform with good funds, attracting many tourists to come to play.
In addition, Guanling Town adheres to the combination of "bringing in and going out", starts to brighten the characteristic agricultural brand, and actively undertakes betel nut taro themed cultural activities to fully demonstrate the development of modern agriculture in Guanling and promote farmers' income.
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Fuding Rong Media Center
Text: Chen Rong, Wang Tingting Editor: Wu Qianwen
Review: Wang Jingjing
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