Over the past few days, the grape greenhouse garden in Hongxi Town, Maitreya City, Yunnan Province has shown a bumper harvest scene, a bunch of full and juicy, sweet grapes like honey are falling all over the branches, and the fruit farmers are busy transporting the grapes picked down to the ground, weighing, sorting, packing, getting on the car, and the 8,000 acres of greenhouse grapes that are the first to go on the market will help farmers increase their income by 160 million yuan.
Villagers in Hongxi Town work in the nearby grape base (Photo by Zhao Shulong)
Deng Wende is a large greenhouse grape grower in Liujia Village Committee, Hongxi Town, Maitreya City, he has been planting greenhouse grapes for more than 7 years, and he has planted more than 70 acres of grapes all bearing fruit.
Deng Wende said that Maitreya is located in the plateau area, due to the altitude, climate, soil and other reasons, the grapes grown here have good taste, high sweetness, good color and high yield, and the greenhouse grapes are more than a month earlier than the grapes planted in the open air, and the economic benefits are very considerable. "This year, in general, the price is slightly higher than last year, with a yield of about 3 tons per mu and an output value of 60,000 yuan, and it can be sold for 15 to 30 yuan per kilogram in the early stage. Deng Wende said.
Villagers picking grapes in the greenhouse (Photo by Zhao Shulong)
At present, the greenhouse grapes in Maitreya Hongxi Town are in full fruiting period, the quality and taste are good, and the grape ripening time has been staggered to the market, which not only ensures the quality of the grapes, but also greatly increases the benefits, attracting buyers from all over the country to enter the park for purchase. In order to ensure the quality of grapes and consumers to eat high-quality and safe plateau "assured grapes", the staff of the Mile Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Inspection Station will conduct sampling tests on each batch of grapes.
Li Yuntai, a buyer in Heilongjiang, said: "The overall quality of Maitreya grapes this year is very good, and the grapes we purchased are generally sent to Shanghai, Guangdong, Beijing, Northeast China and other places, and they are all large markets in the provincial capital, with prices ranging from 28 to 30 yuan per kilogram." ”
Villagers sorting and packing grapes (Photo by Zhao Shulong)
The development of the greenhouse grape industry has effectively driven the local employment at the doorstep of the masses.
Wang Yongxian, a sorting and packing worker from the Rongzong Group in Liujia Village, Hongxi Township, has finally realized her wish to work at home after working in other places. She said: "I have been packing grapes at my doorstep for several years, earning 160 yuan a day, and I can take care of the elderly and children at home while learning skills." ”
According to incomplete statistics, more than 8,000 acres of greenhouse grapes in Hongxi Town have driven the villagers to employ more than 1,000 people before, during and after the production of grapes, and guided the growers to walk out of a new path of rural revitalization with the characteristic development model of "industry + employment".
In Hongxi Town, there are more than 100 new farmers like Deng Wende who rely on technology to grow grapes, and are good at managing and selling grapes online and offline.
Greenhouse grapes with good taste, high sweetness, good color and high yield in Hongxi Town (Photo by Zhao Shulong)
With the same acre of land, the income from planting greenhouse grapes has increased several times compared with planting other cash crops, which has further stimulated the enthusiasm of local "new farmers" to plant greenhouse grapes. This year, a total of 8,000 acres of greenhouse grapes were planted in Hongxi Town, Maitreya City, with a total output value of 160 million yuan according to the average wholesale price of 15 yuan to 30 yuan per kilogram and an average yield of 1,500 kilograms per mu. Among them, 6,500 acres of jasmine and early black honey grape varieties have been ripening and on the market since March 20, and other grape varieties will also be put on sale this month.
In recent years, Hongxi Town has given full play to the role of the "red engine" of the grassroots party organization, and the party branch has done the service work in every corner of the vineyard, especially to provide "nanny-style" services for the "new farmers" when they need labor, and the town can achieve more than 30 million yuan in labor income during the grape picking season every year.
"Next, the Party Committee of Hongxi Town will be led by the Township Economic Cooperative Federation to build a live broadcast platform for agricultural e-commerce, integrate e-commerce with characteristic industries, and promote local brands with local characteristics such as jasmine grapes and toon with the help of 'live broadcast +' and Internet celebrities, so as to improve the popularity and reputation of agricultural products, effectively promote farmers' income, and help the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. Chen Song, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hongxi Town, said. (Reporter Zheng Yi Correspondent Xu Duanxia)