Xingxian: Small grains shoulder a big mission

In recent years, the county party committee and county government of Xingxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province have built bases, cultivated leaders, broken into the market, and played brands according to local conditions and in combination with actual conditions. Small grains have not only become the "golden seeds" for farmers to increase their income, but also become an important force to promote the upgrading of agricultural industry and realize the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.

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Since 2021, the Xingxian County Party Committee has taken the creation of "Xingxian miscellaneous grains and China's good grains" as an important work to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and take the initiative to shoulder the important responsibility of "storing grain on the ground and storing grain in technology" to guard the bottom line of national food security.

In the past three years, Xingxian County and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have been intensively docking for a long time, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has sent 6 scientific research teams, 13 experts, more than 20 researchers to help Xingxian cereal industry, the establishment of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Xingxian breeding base, expert academician workstation, newly identified 3 new buckwheat varieties, 2 new cowpea varieties, the selected Jinfen 107 than the traditional Jingu 21 millet average yield per mu increased by more than 20%, the test of new buckwheat varieties in the province's varieties per mu yield first, the county's cereal planting area is stable at about 400,000 mu.

In 2023, Xingxian County successfully held the first China Shanxi (Xingxian) Cereals and Pasta Culture Festival, the 2023 International Millet Year Academic Annual Conference, the 5th China Millet Industry Development Conference and the first China (Xingxian) Cereals Industry Expo. The county has certified 73 green cereal products, 54 organic cereal products, 40 pollution-free cereal products and 2 geographical indication products, 8 provincial-level leading enterprises and 17 municipal-level leading enterprises, with an annual production capacity of 80 million catties, and the products are sold to 29 provinces across the country and exported overseas, with a total sales of 350 million yuan.

At the same time, with the help of the east wind of e-commerce, Xingxian County has opened up a "feng shui treasure land" at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, with beautiful scenery, carefully built Xingxian Agricultural Products Characteristic Pavilion, introduced 11 e-commerce enterprises, and helped cereal enterprises solve sales problems for a long time through activities such as "public welfare to help agriculture and live broadcast goods", and in 2023, the county's cereal e-commerce sales will exceed 100 million yuan, further expanding the market share of "Xingxian cereals", and calling the "reputation" of Xingxian cereals throughout the country, and "small cereals" have been made big industry".

A series of fruitful achievements are helping Xingxian County's agriculture to move towards the goal of bigger, stronger, better and more refined, and "empowering" to ensure national food security.

Give new connotation to miscellaneous grains and draw "concentric circles" for development

On February 29, Qiao Yun, vice chairman of the Luliang CPPCC and secretary of the Xingxian County Party Committee, led a team to Beijing to discuss the deepening of cooperation in the grain industry with experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In Beijing, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences organized a summary and deployment meeting of Xingxian cereals industry, comprehensively summarized and reviewed the gains and losses of the past year, jointly planned the 2024 development plan of Xingxian cereals, and used the brand of "Xingxian cereals, China's good grains" to benefit the people in the old area, inherit the red blood, and jointly write the "Lvliang Heroes" in the new era.

On March 5, Xingxian County held the county's 2024 spring plowing preparation and agricultural and rural key work arrangement and deployment meeting to clarify goals, refine responsibilities, and deploy the county's agricultural production work in the new year in detail. On March 9th, a symposium on the R&D and promotion of Xingxian cereals banquet and the development of catering culture was held, Wang Liqun, dean of Jincai Jinmen Industry College and director of the catering department of Shanxi Economic and Trade School, Cheng Jianguo, secretary of Taiyuan Dietitian Association and researcher of China Wine and Food Research Institute, Zhang Quanxing, a senior registered culinary master and national senior professional manager in China, and Zhang Wenrui, a senior examiner of national Chinese cooking and a senior technician of Chinese cooking in Shanxi Province, attended the meeting to help the development of Xingxian cereals industry.

Focusing on playing the "high-quality cereals brand", Xingxian County relies on the halo and honor of "China's Hometown of Cereals and Food" and "China's Ecological Good Food and Cereals Base" to further promote the integrated development of catering culture and cultural tourism industry, carefully build the "Xingxian Cereals Banquet", vigorously develop the cereals prefabricated meals industry, and strive to develop healthy, nutritious, green, functional and safe food, and constantly write a new chapter in the development of Xingxian Cereals industry.

High-level meetings, high-level exchanges, and the collision of wisdom and ideas have outlined the "grand blueprint" for the development of Xingxian cereals industry in 2024: it is necessary to have stories, cultures, brands, drives, and standards, deeply excavate the county's red cultural connotation, tell the story of "Xingxian Cereals Banquet", continuously deepen the strategic cooperation with Jincai and Jinmen Industry College, actively create the hometown of Chinese cereals chefs, and plan to hold the "Xingxian Cereals Banquet" tasting conference and the second China Shanxi (Xingxian) Cereals and Pasta Culture Festival, and vigorously promote themThe 120 standard dishes of "Xingxian Cereals Banquet" actively cultivate cereal catering enterprises and effectively drive the masses to increase their income. It is necessary to focus on improving the quality and efficiency of the development of Xingxian Catering Industry Association, build a raw material base, a headquarters base, a training base, an employment base, and an innovation base for the cereal banquet, and plan to establish a training and employment school for chefs and cooks for the cereal banquet, Wang Liqun national skill master workstation, and Xingxian cereal banquet catering culture development center. The county party committee and county government will unswervingly promote the development of the whole industry chain of miscellaneous grains, fully absorb and learn from the opinions and suggestions of the expert team, and truly build the "Xingxian Miscellaneous Grains Banquet" catering brand into a pillar industry that drives the people to increase their income and get rich.

Live up to the early action of spring and seize the opportunity to write a new chapter

Spring returns to the earth, Vientiane is renewed, and in the vegetable base of Xingxian Yalong Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., Niu Yongde and his wife began a busy new year.

In recent years, the company has cooperated with the Institute of Vegetable Breeding of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to cultivate the most suitable for local cultivation of tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, watermelons, melons, peppers and other vegetables in 10 categories and more than 20 varieties, which has played an important role in serving the three rural areas and ensuring supply and price stability.

The newly cultivated vegetable seedlings in the greenhouse are lush, delicate and full of life. Zhao Yuping, a local agricultural expert in Xingxian County, said that the past two years have been two years of rapid progress in Xingxian County's agriculture, especially under the guidance of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingxian County has found the most suitable vegetables, melons and fruits for local planting, and the quality and output of agricultural products have created a record high.

Looking at the vigorous growth of all kinds of vegetables, Niu Yongde and his wife were extremely excited: "In the past, planting fields, drought and flood were difficult to grasp, and there was no guarantee of income increase. ”

In 2024, Xingxian County will take strong measures to implement the theory of "storing grain on the ground and storing grain in technology", comprehensively practice the requirements of securing China's rice bowl, continue to play the "high-quality cereals" card with high quality, stabilize the area, increase the yield, deep processing, extend the chain, build bases, breed varieties, and promote the development of the whole industrial chain of coarse grains with "three-way efforts". Adhere to the development of chain, integration, green, branding, and standardization, do a good job in base construction, platform construction, market construction, brand building, and park construction, and then build 200 acres of coarse grains seed industry experimental demonstration base and 10,000 acres of adaptability test base, and build coarse grains academician expert workstation, national experimental demonstration innovation base, provincial seed industry demonstration base, and national supply base; The specialty town of miscellaneous grains will build a national publicity and display platform, connect with trade fairs and exhibitions and e-commerce sales platforms, and build an agricultural product trading market in the northwest of Shanxi Province.

Shouldering national responsibilities and practicing the mission of the times, Xingxian County will take the development of new quality productivity as the starting point, polish the golden signboard of "China's Township of Cereals", and provide strong support for agricultural efficiency, farmers' income and industrial revitalization with responsibility and specific actions, so as to promote the cereals industry to create new achievements and continue to write new glories. (Tan Xuanwen)

Source: People's Tribune