At present, it is the season when Dendrobium flowers are in full bloom, in the imitation wild Dendrobium planting base of Liancheng Town, Guangnan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, on the verdant Dendrobium branches, clusters of goose-yellow Dendrobium flowers are competing to open and compete for beauty, and the workers are busy picking Dendrobium flowers, and the labor is filled with the joy of harvest.
"We come here to work mainly to pick flowers and plant flowers, and we can pick 200 kilograms of Dendrobium flowers a day, earning 120 yuan a day. It's nice to have a job right on your doorstep. Speaking of employment and income increase at the doorstep, Tong Zhaofang, a villager in Liancheng Town, smiled happily.
Dendrobium officinale is one of the most precious Chinese medicinal materials in mainland China, known as "the first of the nine great immortal grasses in China", which has the effects of nourishing yin and nourishing the spleen and stomach, lowering blood sugar, and brightening the eyes, and has both ornamental value and medicinal value, and is favored by the market. "At present, nearly 60,000 kilograms of fresh Dendrobium strips and 6,500 kilograms of Dendrobium flowers have been harvested, and sales are in short supply." Zhao Yuanxue, vice chairman of Lingya Planting Farmers Cooperative in Guangnan County, introduced that the base is currently planted with a total of 1,344 acres of Dendrobium, which is expected to be able to pick 62,000 kilograms of Dendrobium fresh strips and 12,600 kilograms of Dendrobium flowers this year, and then processed into Dendrobium officinale flower tea, dry strips and other Dendrobium products according to market demand, which are mainly sold to large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and are expected to increase by 14 million yuan.
It is understood that since the establishment of the base by Lingya Company in November 2020, it has driven more than 30 villagers to work every year, with labor expenses of more than 400,000 yuan, a total of more than 45,000 yuan of land rent paid every year, and other support has driven dividends of 150,000 yuan, which has effectively driven the income of local villagers.
Next door planting base is the company's Dendrobium officinale seedling breeding base, only to see a bottle of tissue culture seedlings are neatly placed on the shelf of the culture room, the green leaves stretch out, vibrant, technical personnel by simulating the temperature, humidity, light and other environments required for seedling growth to ensure the quality of seedlings. In addition to carrying out seedling multiplication, the company is also working extending the industrial chain, and has formed a complete industrial chain from variety breeding, organic planting, production research and development, marketing to cultural tourism, and uses existing resources, experience and technology to drive the local people to cooperate in planting, increase income and get rich.
In recent years, Guangnan County has focused on the characteristic and advantageous agricultural industry, cultivated Dendrobium officinale as a key industry, made use of unique natural resources, ecological environment, climatic conditions and other advantages, through the introduction of leading enterprises, and adopted the organizational mode of "company + base + cooperative + farmer", established and improved the mechanism of linking the interests of farmers and rich peasants with agriculture, and linked the market and the industry, focusing on playing the "original ecology" green card of Dendrobium officinale to form a collection of Dendrobium officinale planting and processing, demonstration and observation, sightseeing, tourism, An industrial complex integrating leisure and health care, realizing the integration of agriculture, culture and tourism. It is understood that at present, the county has developed 5 leading enterprises and 21 cooperatives in Dendrobium, with a planting area of more than 1,000 acres, and Dendrobium has become an important industry that drives the masses in Guangnan to get rich and increase income.
Yunnan Net reporter Huang Peng, correspondent Liu Xiaoquan, Wang Ruyang photo report