Professor Zhang Jie's point of view, that is, hard-working farmers contract 30 acres of land to grow celery, and can earn 2 million yuan a year, which is undoubtedly desirable. However, we need to see in reality whether this vision is easy to achieve. This article will discuss the twists and turns and challenges of farmers' road to prosperity by growing celery in an easy-to-understand way.
The gap between ideals and reality
"Just be diligent", this seemingly simple requirement, but it hides the hardships of success. Farmers have to face multiple challenges such as land, capital, and technology, which makes the road to 2 million income not easy.
Land issues
Contracting 30 acres of land is a huge burden for many farmers. Farmers mostly have limited access to land, and the quality varies. The scarcity of good land makes it difficult for real returns to meet the expected levels.
Financial pressure
Growing celery requires a lot of inputs, such as seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, and farm tools. In rural China, farmers have limited sources of funds and find it difficult to bear these costs. In addition, due to the long cycle of celery cultivation, it is necessary to continuously invest funds in the process of operation, which increases the risk.
Technology & Knowledge
Celery cultivation is not a simple matter of sowing seeds on the land, it requires farmers to have the appropriate skills and knowledge. However, many farmers lack modern agricultural technology and management experience, which brings confusion and challenges to them in the planting process.
The arduous road to prosperity for farmers
In order to achieve a contract of 30 acres of land to grow celery and earn 2 million yuan a year, farmers need to face not only material pressure, but also invisible challenges and dilemmas.
Market volatility risk
The price of celery in the market fluctuates greatly, which is greatly affected by supply and demand and seasonality. The market risks faced by farmers make it impossible to stabilize their incomes, which can lead to losses.
Labor intensity and time pressure
To promote large-scale cultivation, farmers need to put in more labor and time. This means that they need to give up rest and recreation to focus on growing and managing their crops, which puts a lot of pressure on their lives.
Environmental and climatic factors
Uncontrollable factors such as natural disasters, pests and diseases often affect the yield and quality of crops. These unforeseen circumstances have led to great uncertainty in farmers' incomes and increased their risk tolerance.
The diversity of ways for farmers to get rich
There is more than one way for farmers to get rich by growing celery. We should broaden our thinking and explore more possibilities.
Extension of the agricultural industry chain
Farmers can increase the added value of their agricultural products and achieve higher profits by further processing celery, developing celery-related products, and tourism.
Cooperatives and scientific and technological support
Farmers can obtain more land, capital and technology by joining cooperatives or using the help of science and technology support, thereby reducing risks and increasing returns.
Diversification
In addition to growing celery, farmers can also consider ways to diversify their agricultural operations and diversify their risks by planting other crops or developing aquaculture.
Professor Zhang Jie's point of view is only a beautiful vision in theory, but in reality, farmers face many practical difficulties and challenges in getting rich by growing celery. However, this does not mean that there is no hope of getting rich. We need to face up to the challenges, broaden our thinking, adopt scientific and rational management methods, provide more support and help to farmers, and jointly promote the development of the agricultural field. Although the road to prosperity for farmers is tortuous, as long as they persist in their efforts, the fields of the future will bloom with more brilliant flowers of hope.