"In August this year, our konjac processing plant entered an automatic packaging equipment, and the production capacity of instant konjac was increased from 30,000 bags per day to 100,000 bags per day." Walking into the factory area of Weixi County Characteristic Agricultural Poverty Alleviation and Development Co., Ltd., Song Xiaokun, chairman of the company, excitedly shared the good news with reporters.
Weixi County Characteristic Agricultural Poverty Alleviation and Development Co., Ltd. was established in early 2016 by the Weixi County Government to integrate the counterpart assistance funds of China Southern Power Grid Corporation, and has been operated by China Southern Power Grid Corporation since the beginning of poverty alleviation, creating a precedent for poverty alleviation in the country, and won the honorary title of "National Advanced Collective for Poverty Alleviation" in 2021.
The weather is cooler in autumn, and the factory is still in full swing. Workers in the packaging workshop are packing the "vegetarian hairy tripe" instant food made of konjac as raw material into boxes. "This instant konjac is one of the main features of our 'Anqiqi' brand, which is spicy, crispy, easy to eat, and very popular in the market." Shi Yiding, director of the konjac processing factory, introduced that "Anqiqi" is an agricultural brand created by the company, focusing on four local characteristic products of konjac deep processing, edible fungi, walnut oil, and rock tile fried chicken, and integrating more than 80 products such as edible fungi, grain, oil, rice and noodles for sales.
Opposite the konjac processing plant, the fried chicken processing plant is also "not far behind". Washing, dicing, marinating, stir-frying...... Before you enter the factory, you can smell the mouth-watering aroma of fried chicken.
"'Yanwa fried chicken' is a local delicacy loved by the people in the Yanwa villager group of Yongan Village, Baijixun Township." Song Xiaokun introduced that in March this year, the company's fried chicken processing plant was officially put into operation. Box of self-heating rice is sold all over the country, and Yanwa fried chicken is no longer a "limited" delicacy that can only be eaten in Weixi.
Song Xiaokun told reporters that the company's new products are currently under development, and it is necessary to incorporate Diqing's Tibetan cuisine into production. "In the future, the production line of the fried chicken factory will also produce self-heating rice and various customized prefabricated food products in flavors such as Tibetan fragrant pig, yak meat, edible mushrooms, etc."
Over the past eight years, China Southern Power Grid has been relying on the operation model of "company + deep processing + cooperative + industrial chain" to drive the development of plateau agricultural pillar industries, enrich the types of green and organic products, and transform "blood transfusion" assistance into "hematopoietic" assistance. At the same time, through WeChat, Taobao, Douyin, Kuaishou and other online stores, as well as "Southern Power Online", "832" platform, central enterprise poverty alleviation network and other website malls, to broaden product sales channels.
According to statistics, since its establishment in 2016, the company's cumulative sales have exceeded more than 150 million yuan, and the cumulative purchase of agricultural products has exceeded more than 90 million yuan, and the help effect is remarkable. It drove 18 agricultural product companies and 10 new rural business entities in three counties and one district in the state, covering 1,256 agricultural households, with an average income increase of 4,868 yuan, of which 165 original card households increased their income by 4,260 yuan. It provides employment for more than 80 people every year, effectively helping local people to increase their income and become rich.
Yunbao Group all-media reporters: Zhao Lihuai, Tan Yazhu, Zhang Fan, Ma Zhe, Li Tiecheng, Peng Shaojie, Gongqiu Tsering, Yang Zishuang
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