Zhu Guoqiang, Zhang Ying, cover reporter Chen Yuanyang
"This year's lemon market is good, and now the average purchase price is about 3 yuan per kilogram." On October 26, in Huaguo Village, Longtai Town, Anyue, Sichuan Province, thousands of kilograms of fresh lemon fruits were piled up in the home of villager Liao Fulun, and the fragrance of lemons spread in the air. In the field, Liao Fulun was still skillfully picking, and one by one the yellow lemons were gathered together by his hands.
Liao Fulun
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced the list of 1 billion yuan towns and 100 million yuan villages in the national rural characteristic industry in 2021, and a total of 5 towns and 19 villages in Sichuan were shortlisted. Among them, Huaguo Village and Stalagmite Village in Anyue County (now the two villages have been merged into Huaguo Village after the adjustment and reform of the village-level structure) are shortlisted, which is the only shortlisted village in Ziyang City.
Anyue is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Lemons" and is one of the five major lemon producing areas in the world. According to the results of China's brand value evaluation, the brand value of "Anyue Lemon" reached 18.067 billion yuan, ranking second in Sichuan Province in the ranking of regional public brand value of agricultural products. And Huaguo Village, as the birthplace of "Anyue Lemon", how is it listed on the national rural characteristic industry "100 million yuan village"? With questions, the reporter went to the village to find the answer.
The golden fruit becomes the fruit of wealth
The villagers have a net income of 170,000 yuan a year
"Now planting rice yields more than 1,000 catties per mu, and the price of one catty is about five pounds a piece; planting lemons yields more than 3,000 catties per mu, and the price of one catty is about three pieces." Talking about why he planted lemons on his family's land, Liao Fulun calculated an economic account for reporters, and this year his family planted more than seven acres of lemons, and the expected income is more than 50,000 yuan.
Villagers like Liao Fulun are not alone in Huaguo Village. Zhu Guangji, who will turn 80 next year, is still shuttling through the lemon field, a pair of scissors and a back basket is his recent "regular equipment", "I started planting lemons in 1999 under the leadership of the government, at first everyone had concerns and did not want to plant, and then I grew lemons to earn money, and then they all began to plant." Talking about the first planting of lemons, the old man said with a smile.
Hikari Yoshi, who is picking lemons
Zhu Guangji's family not only planted more than 20 acres of lemons, but also built a frozen warehouse of more than 400 square meters under the guidance of the local government, which can store nearly 200,000 catties of lemons, providing a solid guarantee for the sale of lemons.
"The freezer in my house was built in 2013, and after the freezer is repaired, the lemons can be stored for sale in April and May of the following year, and the price is nearly higher than the seasonal sales." Zhu Guangji shared his business know-how, according to his introduction, last year his family's lemon sales net income reached 170,000 yuan, this year has sold more than 10,000 pounds of lemons at a price of 2.8 yuan a catty. "The next lemon may be sold in the wrong season in the form of refrigeration and preservation according to market conditions."
The birthplace of "Anyue Lemon"
The lemon industry drives rural revitalization
"Huaguo Village has more than 3,000 mu of arable land, and more than 3,000 mu of lemon planting area, and almost all the land that can be planted in the village is planted with lemons." Jiang Minglong, the general secretary of the party branch of Huaguo Village, is a native of Huaguo Village, and in the memory of his growth, the most contacted is lemon.
Lemon industry in Huaguo Village
According to Jiang Minglong, Huaguo Village is the birthplace of "Anyue Lemon", and the largest existing lemon tree was developed and planted in the 1960s, and the age of the tree is almost one year old. Nowadays, after decades of development, Huaguo Village has more than 40 lemon marketing enterprises and 6 processing enterprises, which has initially formed a market system integrating lemon production, research and marketing, ensuring the healthy development of the lemon industry in Huaguo Village.
In the workshop of a fruit industry co., LTD. located in Huaguo Village, nearly 100 workers are working feverishly on the lemons for unpacking, sorting, packaging and other operations, these lemon fresh fruits will be packed according to different grades and categories, accurately docking the needs of different customers, mainly sold to major domestic supermarkets and Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and other countries and regions.
Workers are busy unpacking bags
"We have the world's most advanced automated sorting line, processing up to 20 tons of fresh lemon fruit per hour and up to 200 tons a day." Jiang Xiong, general manager of the fruit industry co., LTD., said that as a local enterprise, it will continue to work to broaden the sales channels of lemons at home and abroad, solve the worries of villagers in Huaguo Village about lemon sales, and work together for the efficient development of the lemon industry.
At present, strolling in Huaguo Village, all you can see are lemon trees, and the smell of lemons lingering between your noses is lemon, a small lemon fruit, under the hard work of local villagers, it has truly become a "golden fruit" for getting rich and increasing income. Chen Dahong, deputy mayor of Longtai Town, said that in the next step of rural revitalization work, Longtai Town will continue to promote the healthy development of the lemon industry based on Huaguo Village, drive rural revitalization with lemon industry, and strive to create more rural characteristic industries "100 million yuan villages".
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