In the past few days, walking into the base of the Jinning Yi State Main Chinese Medicine Planting Farmers' Professional Cooperative located in Walnut Yuan Village, Shuanghe Yi Township, you can see that the sunlight spills into the forest through the tall pine trees, and under the clean pine forest, the 100 acres of yellow essence seedlings are lush and gratifying.
Pu Guoda, secretary of the general party branch and director of the village committee of Walnut Yuan Village, introduced that the cooperative now has 100 acres of yellow essence seedling base, with more than 25 million seedlings, according to the lowest price in the market last year, each seedling is 0.8 yuan, and there can be more than 20 million income.
Polygonatum polygonatum is suitable for growing in the understory, shrubs or shady places on the slopes at an altitude of 500-3000 meters, and is shade-loving and cold-tolerant, afraid of drought and waterlogging. The average altitude of Walnut Yuan Village is 2186 meters, the average annual temperature is 13 °C, the annual precipitation is 900 mm, the forest coverage rate is 87%, and the understory soil is fertile and humid, which is an ideal environment for the growth of Polygonatum polygonatum polygonatum
Planting Polygonatum polygonatum in the understory only requires regular watering, weeding, etc., which not only reduces investment and protects the environment, but also the most important thing is that the Polygonatum polygonatum grown in the forest is large and particularly nutritious. Puguo University said that in March 2023, 100 acres of yellow essence were planted at the base, most of the seedlings have been ordered by merchants from other places, and the remaining part of the cooperatives have planted themselves.
It is understood that Hetaoyuan Village is a typical mountainous agricultural village, with a small area of cultivated land and a large area of forest land, and the village collective has no enterprise and basically no income. Under the guidance of the higher authorities and the support of the masses, Walnut Yuan Village relies on the Jinning Yibang Main Chinese Medicine Planting Farmers Professional Cooperative, adopts the model of "company + cooperative + farmer", focuses on the development of understory planting economy, and opens a new model of agricultural development. At present, the first phase of the base has planted 100 acres of yellow essence and 1 acre of agaricus mushroom, and the second phase has leveled 300 acres of woodland and planted 50 acres of ginseng.
"In the future, we will continue to give full play to the advantages of forest resources, rotate and plant more than 30 varieties such as Polygonatum polygonatum vulgaris, ginseng, agaricus mushroom, Chonglou, etc., continuously expand the scale of the economic industry under the forest, and attract social capital into the mountains and forests through multiple channels to develop green and rich industries, so as to achieve a 'double harvest' of revitalizing forests and enriching the people. Puguo said.
The land that was idle in the past has now brought new hope for the masses to increase their income and get rich because of the cultivation of yellow essence, agaricus mushroom, ginseng, etc.
According to reports, through land circulation, the development of the economy under the forest not only effectively uses the idle forest land, but also provides the villagers with opportunities for nearby employment and increases the income of the masses.
At the same time, it is also conducive to the management and protection of mountains and forests, reducing forest fires, and helping to optimize the ecological environment, so as to achieve a win-win situation of ecological and economic benefits.
All-media reporter Wu Yantao and Feng Jing
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Editor: Mao Ming
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