Longwu Town, Shiping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, vigorously promotes the strategy of "one village, one product", develops characteristic advantageous industries according to local conditions, strengthens standardized planting and refined management, and drives farmers to increase their incomes and become rich, not only making the barren mountains green, but also allowing the Yi compatriots in Longwu Town to live a good life through the development of planting.
Entering Potoudian Village in Longwu Town, apple orchards spread out along the hillside terrain, apple trees stretch out in the wind, ruddy ripe apples hang like lanterns on the branches, fruit aromas come to the face, and the busy figures of workers are everywhere in the woods.
Apple harvest Longwu Town courtesy of the picture
"The varieties that are ripe now are late-ripening Fuji apple Yanfu No. 6 and No. 8, planted about 900 acres, and the output is expected to reach more than 80 tons this year." Pu Lifu, a villager in Potoudian Village, said. It is understood that the annual output of early and late maturing varieties of apples grown in Longwu Town can reach 150 tons, with an output value of about 1.3 million yuan, mainly sold to Beijing, Shanghai and coastal areas. Due to the high altitude of Longwu Town, the apples grown have a good taste, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the number of reservations has increased, and the supply is in short supply.
Villagers picking apples in Longwu Town courtesy of the picture
In recent years, Longwu Town has taken the effective way of company leadership, base demonstration and farmers' income increase, and jointly held a group to make the apple industry bigger and stronger, and the enthusiasm of the masses to grow apples is high. Pu Bizhong, a villager in Pujia Village, has a deep understanding of this, "When I first started planting, I lacked experience and technical training, and the quality did not meet the high quality standards, and the output was not satisfactory." In recent years, through the training and guidance of the agricultural science station, the apples planted now have early fruits, beautiful fruit shapes, good taste, and farmers' income has also increased a lot. He said.
Sorting apples Longwu Town courtesy of the picture
At present, the radiation of Longwu Town has driven the planting of more than 10,000 mu of apples in Potoudian, Changming, Jiusha, Yiqida and other villages, which can provide more than 1,000 jobs every year and increase per capita income by more than 12,000 yuan.
Author: Chen Rongnan Yang Tao
Source: Shiping County Rong Media Center