It is the season of okra harvest, in the Yunxing Village Okra Planting Base in Shicheng Town, Yun'an District, workers are busy picking okra, and the scene is a scene of harvest.
According to the person in charge of the base, okra was planted in February this year, and entered the picking period in April, with a daily output of more than 1,000 catties at present, and a daily output of nearly 3,000 catties at the most, and the picking period will last until October.
In recent years, Shicheng Town has focused on the goal of "agricultural efficiency and farmers' income", focusing on creating a new format of characteristic vegetable industry, large-scale development and planting okra, and now the okra planted has a bumper harvest, which not only enriches the "vegetable basket" of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, but also drums up the "money bag" of the villagers.
"We planted 50 acres of okra, 1 mu yield of 8,000 jin, 50 mu output of about 400,000 jin, now the purchase price of 2 to 3 yuan per catty, my annual output value here is about 1 million yuan." Chen Gangjiao, head of the base, said.
According to reports, the Okra base in Yunxing Village was originally a wasteland. Last year, Shicheng Town actively explored new ways to replant wasteland and replant wasteland, vigorously revitalized land resources through land circulation, and used land advantages and climate advantages to mobilize farmers to plant okra according to local conditions and revitalize wasteland.
At the same time, the Shicheng Party Committee Government and foshan Nanhai District in Shicheng Town Help And Support Team have built an online exchange platform of "expert + base + task force" to do a good job in technical services and solve the problems encountered in planting, in addition to making full use of existing resources to accurately dock the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area market, so that okra sales are smooth, escorting the base to increase production and income.
The development of the okra industry not only drums up the "money bags" of growers, but also drives the surrounding masses to achieve employment at the doorstep of their homes, further broadens their channels for increasing income, and helps rural revitalization.
"The base can drive 8 villagers to permanent employment, and sometimes when picking okra needs to be crowded, it can drive more than 20 people to work." Chen Gangjiao said, "In the next step, we plan to adopt the model of cooperative + base + farmer, mobilize villagers to participate in the planting of okra in the form of land shareholding, develop and expand the okra industry, and drive more villagers to increase their income and become rich." ”
[Southern Daily, Southern + reporter] Yang Zaijia
[Correspondent] Luo Yanying Lu Chaomin
【Author】 Yang Zaijia
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client