One morning in mid-April, three or five aquaculture farmers were discussing with banks, supply and marketing cooperatives and other parties in the office of the supply and marketing fishery farm in Boluohu Town, discussing how to solve the financing problem and provide stable financial support for agriculture.
This is a microcosm of the all-round and one-stop socialized services provided by Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives in recent years.
Since the comprehensive reform work was carried out in 2015, the supply and marketing cooperatives have continuously improved their ability to serve farmers, and after years of efforts, they have developed from the initial weak grassroots supply and marketing cooperatives to a comprehensive agricultural service organization with 1 agricultural service center, 1 comprehensive aquatic product service station, 2 supply and marketing farms, 6 professional farmer cooperatives, and 8 supply and marketing fisheries. Through comprehensive reform, Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives have not only driven the high-quality development of the local aquaculture industry, but also increased the income of farmers and continued to inject vitality into rural revitalization. It is estimated that in 2024, the transaction volume of Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives for agricultural services will reach 50 million yuan.
Linking farmers with farmers to ensure the income of local villagers
In recent years, Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives have established an agricultural service center and a comprehensive aquatic product service station to provide farmers with all-round and one-stop socialized services. Provide high-quality seedlings and seedlings before production, coordinate financial support for farmers, promote the circulation of land and fish ponds, and meet the production needs of farmers; organize training on planting and breeding technology, promote high-quality chemical fertilizers, pesticides, feed and fish medicines during production, and help farmers reduce production costs; provide various services such as quality and safety testing, logistics and transportation and trading of agricultural products after production, so as to increase the income of local farmers. At the same time, vigorously promote the order breeding model, guided by market demand, work closely with farmers to organize the production and supply of aquatic vegetables, and promote the sales and market expansion of agricultural products.
Boluohu Town Supply and Marketing Cooperatives Aquatic Products Comprehensive Service Station.
Huang Zhijin, director of Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperative, said that there are currently two supply and marketing farms in Huzhen, respectively in Xiangang Village and Meitan Village. Boluo County Supply and Marketing Cooperatives also took the lead in setting up Bohe Agricultural Science and Technology Service Co., Ltd., through which the company developed sales channels and sold agricultural products to cities in the Pearl River Delta and even the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Lake Town Supply and Marketing Farm.
With the supply and marketing farms, the collectives of Xiangang Village and Meitan Village, Huzhen Town, Boluo County, can distribute 172,500 yuan in dividends every year, and the masses can not only get land rent, but also find employment at their doorsteps. "In terms of linking farmers with farmers, we build through village communities, and each farm gives the village committee some fixed dividends. At the same time, by employing local labor, each farm can drive the employment of 30 temporary workers every day, bringing an average daily income of about 150 yuan to the villagers. Huang Zhijin said that since the supply and marketing farm of Guangdong Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (Boluo) Vegetable Industrial Park was put into production in 2023, more than 50 tons of agricultural products have been produced, with a total income of more than 300,000 yuan. Next, the farm will further standardize management, promote the optimization of farm varieties, continuously improve the value of agricultural products, and do its best to ensure the income of villagers and village collectives.
Science and technology help the high-quality development of aquaculture
In Huzhen Town, in addition to supply and marketing farms, there are also supply and marketing fisheries.
In Zoucun Village, Huzhen, Ma Wenyong, an aquaculture farmer, signed an agreement with Huizhou Green Agricultural Products Co., Ltd. for the supply and marketing of fishing farms. Ma Wenyong has been engaged in aquaculture in the village for many years, with a fishing area of about 110 acres. "Since signing the agreement with the supply and marketing cooperatives, we can achieve resource integration, reduce costs and increase efficiency. He said that before cooperating with the supply and marketing cooperatives, its sales were limited to nearby markets and a few surrounding cities. After the cooperation, it began to supply companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Green Agricultural Products Production and Supply Base Park, which not only sold more sales, but also greatly improved the quality of aquatic products.
Boluo Lake Town Supply and Marketing Fishing Grounds.
The signing of the agreement on the supply and marketing of fishery gave him a "reassurance". He said that now the feed for fish farming is supplied by the supply and marketing cooperatives, reducing the intermediate links, and the sales link has a guaranteed reserve price purchase, so there is no need to worry about sales, and it also saves 10%-20% of the cost of the fishery. "Now we are 'backed by big trees', which has changed the original state of limited resources, from the source of fish fry and feed purchase, technical guidance in breeding, to the terminal sales channels have corresponding support, greatly reducing the risk of our farmers. ”
It is reported that since August last year, Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives have built a total of 8 supply and marketing fisheries, with a total breeding area of 1,108 acres and an estimated annual output of 3.5 million catties of aquatic products. "From the front-end fry and feed to the back-end fish collection, we have provided one-stop assistance for these fisheries, changing their previous state of 'raising more thanks to more' and 'not daring to raise'. Huang Zhijin said. In this process, the comprehensive aquatic service station of Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives has an in-depth understanding of the needs of farmers, and solves the problem of insufficient breeding technology and low quality of aquatic products by organizing technical training and building a circulating aquaculture system. The service station has established good cooperation with the feed factory and the provincial agricultural technology department, and the relevant enterprises and departments will regularly go to the service station to promote new technologies, carry out training in scientific breeding technology and fish disease prevention and control;
Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives native products supermarket.
In terms of capital, the supply and marketing cooperatives also provide flexible financial services for farmers by linking resources, solving financing difficulties and providing stable financial support. In the production process, we provide technical guidance on planting and breeding, strengthen technical promotion and skill training, attach importance to disease prevention and control, and ensure production safety. After production, we attach importance to the circulation and sales of agricultural products, establish storage and refrigeration facilities, inspection and testing equipment and efficient logistics vehicles to ensure quality and freshness, and reduce loss.
Huang Zhijin revealed that next, Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives plan to continue to cultivate more supply and marketing fisheries, and increase the current daily supply of 7,000 catties to 20,000 catties per day for the aquatic service station of Huzhen Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, so as to drive the surrounding villagers to work nearby and farmers to get rich together.