"A steamed taro, fragrant from all sides." When it comes to Lipu taro, many people are not strangers. Lipu taro is not only a "royal tribute" in previous generations, but also a golden signboard of Lipu City.
Some time ago, Lipu taro was "fired" again. During the epidemic in Shanghai, 100,000 kilograms of Lipu taro "reinforced" Shanghai, and its soft and sticky texture and unique taste made its reputation famous, and the market was in short supply. The reporter learned from the Lipu agricultural department that under the support of the whole industrial chain of Lipu taro, in 2021, Lipu City will plant more than 50,000 mu of Lipu taro, with an output of 100,000 tons and a planting and processing sales output value of more than 2 billion yuan.
This year, in the face of strong market demand, the government has issued various policies to comprehensively promote the construction of Lipu taro Guangxi characteristic agricultural product advantage zone and achieved results. At present, it is the vigorous growth period of Lipu taro, in the fields of Lipu, successive pieces of taro branches are thriving, giving birth to the hope of a bumper harvest for taro farmers in the new year, and this "fragrant feast" in the field has become the "golden key" for farmers to stabilize the harvest and comprehensive rural revitalization.
The hot sale of Lipu taro makes farmers happy to blossom
Lipu taro is shaped like an olive, the outer skin is rough, and the betel nut pattern is presented in the section, so it is also known as betel nut taro. In the taro family, Lipu taro is above all kinds of taro with its characteristics of rich nutrition, soft flesh and fragrant taste, so it is known as "the best in taro".
According to records, Lipu taro was introduced to Lipu from the Zhangzhou area of Fujian Province during the Kangxi Period of the Qing Dynasty, and was first planted in the area of the county town of Xiguandi Temple, and radiated to the surrounding area. Under the special geographical and natural conditions of Lipu, it gradually formed a local famous and excellent product that integrates color, fragrance and taste, and the quality is better than that of taro produced in other places, and it has long been called "Lipu taro". In the Qing Dynasty, Lipu taro, as a rare "royal tribute" in Guangxi, paid tribute to the imperial court every year.
Nowadays, as one of the important pillar industries of Lipu agriculture and rural development, Lipu taro has continuously improved its brand awareness, and has also attracted a steady stream of customers to purchase, which has won the love and pursuit of consumers.
"Last year I planted 20 acres of taro, the yield per mu is more than 4,000 catties, the best fine taro sold for 8 yuan a catty, the net profit per mu is more than 10,000 yuan." In XiaoxiaoShantun, Guangfu Village, Xinping Town, Lipu City, taro farmer You Tengguile said that he has been growing taro for more than ten years. Last year, the production of taro was high, and the average selling price per kilogram was a few yuan more expensive than in previous years, and many bosses came to order, which was once in short supply. The taro grown at home was harvested, and his purse was also bulging.
Online, during this year's "6·18", Lipu taro from Guilin, Guangxi Province, became an important event commodity for Taobao, and in just a few days, the order volume of some stores reached "10,000 +".
Online and offline sales of Lipu taro are hot, which has brought tangible benefits to Lipu taro growers.
Huang Zhixing of Guangfu Village, Xinping Town, has been planting Lipu taro for 15 years, and although he has only planted six acres of land, last year's mu yield reached a new high, with the highest yield reaching more than 5,000 catties per mu. "Last year, when my taro was still in the field, it was ordered by the customer, and it sold for 6 yuan per kilogram, which was quite good." Huang Zhixing said happily.
The relevant staff of the Lipu Municipal Agriculture and Rural Bureau told reporters that last year, Lipu City planted more than 50,000 mu of Lipu taro, with an output of 100,000 tons, and the planting and processing sales output value exceeded 2 billion yuan, which was a bumper harvest year for taro farmers.
Taro farmers are enthusiastic and active in planting
At present, it is the period of vigorous growth of Lipu taro, walking in the fields of Lipu City, the continuous lipu taro branches are strong and tall, green leaves and fields, pregnant with a bumper harvest for taro farmers in the new year.
The reporter saw that in the 60-acre Lipu taro planting standard base in Xinping Town, Lipu City, a plant of Lipu taro leaves are emerald green, the branches are strong and upright, the breeze blows, and the taro leaves swing with the wind, decorating the summer fields with vitality. Under the sun, taro farmers are busy weeding, placing nutrition pipes, and doing a good job of field management, and the rural fields are filled with the fragrance of taro leaves.
According to the growers of Lipu taro, taro, sugar orange and horseshoe are the "three treasures" of Lipu. A few years ago, Lipu sugar orange once "took" the scenery of Lipu taro. At that time, the price of sugar oranges was high, and the yield per mu was high, so many taro farmers changed to sugar oranges, and the planting area of Lipu taro was once shrunk.
According to the cadres of the village committee of Guangfu Village in Xinping Town, in the past two years, there have been more farmers planting Lipu taro in Guangfu Village, Xinping Town. First, it is because the purchase price of sugar oranges has declined before, and second, the agricultural department has been cultivating and promoting improved Lipu taro varieties, which has solved the problem of the degradation of the germination and yield decline of the excellent varieties of Lipu taro before. After the Spring Festival this year, the "heart-warming policy" introduced by the government also made many farmers plan to change or expand the cultivation of Lipu taro. Last year, only about 300 farmers in Guangfu Village planted more than 800 mu of Lipu taro, and within a month or so after the policy was introduced, more than 500 farmers declared the plan.
"The government has introduced incentive policies, and we strive to better protect the Lipu taro pipe and have a good harvest by the end of the year." Recently, at the Lipu Taro Planting Base in Shuanghe Village, Xinping Town, Lipu City, taro farmer Deng Xiufen confidently managed and protected Lipu Taro.
Xinping Town is located in a mountainous area, and in recent years, with the village's young and middle-aged laborers going out to work and the yellow dragon disease of sugar orange fruit trees, many fields have been deserted.
"It turned out that this piece was all wasteland, about 60 acres, and we rented all this piece through the introduction of the villagers to plant Lipu taro." Through the early efforts and management, the growth is not bad now. Now is the critical juncture of management and protection, one is the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, and the other is the medium-term fertilization management. Liao Zukang, a taro grower in Anmin Village, Xinping Town, Lipu City, said that many farmers have now returned their fruits to the field, planted Lipu taro on the wasteland, and carefully managed and protected it, and pieces of Lipu taro fields can be seen everywhere.
The development of the whole industrial chain of Lipu taro has been continuously promoted
Lipu taro has a good taste and is easy to preserve, becoming a hit in the agricultural and sideline products market. But the "sky-by-the-day" nature of grown products still gives them marketing limitations. To "grow red", Lipu taro must be explored in strengthening deep processing and improving the industrial chain to further open up the market.
In recent years, in the market, many series of products related to taro have been sought after by consumers, such as taro puree milk tea, taro balls, etc. have been added to the production of desserts. The relevant person in charge of the South China region of a milk tea shop told reporters that Lipu City is rich in the highest quality Lipu taro, and the raw materials used in some of the products they launched contain taro, so last year they cooperated in the selected high-quality production areas in Lipu, set up a planting base, and used the highest quality Lipu taro raw materials to make the best drinks for consumers.
The reporter learned that now in Lipu City, Lipu taro has formed a whole industrial chain from planting to transportation, storage, processing, etc., and there are more than a dozen food processing enterprises in the city, focusing on the deep processing of Lipu taro and other series of products. There are also more and more products made and processed with Lipu taro, including canned Lipu taro, taro powder, taro wine, taro noodles, taro balls, taro puree and so on.
Lipu Longying Food Technology Development Co., Ltd. is an enterprise specializing in Lipu taro products. According to the relevant person in charge of the company, their company is doing the whole industry chain project of Lipu taro, covering the research and development, cultivation, planting, deep processing, refrigerated logistics and food culture center of Lipu taro, etc., providing special agricultural products such as taro puree and taro balls for tea, Chinese food, baking and food chain enterprises. In the past two years, the planting and production of Lipu taro and the business environment have become better and better, and the processed products of Lipu taro have become more and more popular. Their products are sold to cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and the annual output value last year reached 22.5 million yuan, and the annual output value target this year is 80 million yuan.
At present, Lipu City is also the largest production, processing and export base of Lipu taro in China. The city continues to promote the development of the whole industrial chain of Lipu taro, "Lipu Taro" brand in 2000 won the national geographical indication certification trademark, in 2015 by the Ministry of Agriculture geographical indication, in 2017 was selected into the Chinese famous special new agricultural products directory, from 2017 to 2019 for three consecutive years won The top 100 regional public brands of agricultural products in China, by the China Quality Certification Center to evaluate the brand value of 1.302 billion yuan.
The reporter learned that in order to promote the Lipu taro industry to embark on the road of high-quality development, the Lipu Municipal CPPCC organized a special investigation on the development of the whole industrial chain of Lipu taro, went to Liuzhou snail powder production agglomeration area to investigate and investigate, learned from the model of integrated development of the snail powder industry, and inspected the relevant enterprises in the city of Lipu taro processing, and made up for the shortcomings of the development of the whole industrial chain of Lipu taro from many aspects. The "heart-warming policy" is also to help the development of the whole industrial chain of Lipu taro by expanding the planting area of Lipu taro and strengthening the standardized cultivation of Lipu taro.
Lipu taro still has a long way to go on the road to the development of the whole industrial chain, and the city has also organized special research through the wide adoption of opinions, and the development of the Lipu taro industry is regarded as the leading industry in agriculture. Formulate specific support policies from key links such as production, water-saving irrigation, facility construction, and processing. Strengthen the standardized cultivation technology training of Lipu taro, improve the quality of Lipu taro, and register brands with geographical indications of live Lipu taro agricultural products. Deepen the processing chain, increase the investment attraction of Lipu taro deep processing enterprises, vigorously develop leisure agricultural tourism and rural tourism with Lipu taro planting and processing as the link, extend the industrial chain, and enhance added value. Improve the construction of cold storage cold chain logistics and the comprehensive demonstration and upgrading of rural e-commerce, and launch the golden sign of "Lipu Taro", and push the development of the whole industrial chain of Lipu Taro to a new stage.
Good policies lead the development direction of Lipu taro
The two booms in production and marketing have made the taro farmers in Lipu City full of confidence in the prospects of planting. In order to encourage the majority of farmers to plant Lipu taro, after the Spring Festival this year, Lipu City, in accordance with the spirit of the Autonomous Region's "Notice on Printing and Distributing the Implementation Plan for the Creation of Guangxi Characteristic Agricultural Product Advantage Zones", issued the "Lipu City 2022 Lipu Taro Green Planting Demonstration Base Support Project Implementation Plan", giving producers who plant Lipu taro according to green food production standards a subsidy of 600 yuan per mu, aiming to solve the problems of poor brand marketing, weak processing and driving role, and unstable product scale and quality in the construction of the whole industrial chain of Lipu taro. Comprehensively promote the construction of Lipu taro Guangxi characteristic agricultural product advantage zone.
According to the relevant staff of the Lipu Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the support targets of the program are ordinary farmers, large households, family farms, farmers' cooperatives, agricultural enterprises and other producers who grow Lipu taro according to green food production standards in the jurisdiction of Lipu City in 2022. As long as the effective number of plants of Lipu taro per mu is more than 2,000 plants per mu, and planted according to green food production standards, lipu taro producers reach the standard of continuous scale planting, and after the government agricultural department approves the acceptance, it can be declared in the form of awards in lieu of compensation, and 600 yuan per mu subsidy is given.
The introduction of this incentive policy has revitalized a large area of land, promoted the continuous cultivation of Lipu taro in the city, and also enabled the surrounding people to get work opportunities at their doorstep, increased their income, and made the villagers really benefit. It also means that the cultivation of Lipu taro is increasingly developing towards industrialization.
In addition, the reporter learned that in addition to supporting taro farmers, Lipu City will also invest 5 million yuan to carry out market and brand building, invest 1.7 million yuan to carry out variety resource protection in the main production area of Lipu taro, carry out production, post-harvesting, primary deep processing and market cold chain warehousing and logistics construction, strengthen the prevention and control of diseases and pests such as Lipu taro disease and soft rot, help scientific and technological training and technology promotion, and finally form a series of standards for production, post-harvest treatment, warehousing, logistics, etc. And through the promotion of the use of the Internet of Things remote monitoring and two-dimensional code and other identification technologies, promote the construction of agricultural product quality and safety traceability system.
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