Liuyang Shegang Town: Oil tea harvested The guardian has merit

Source: People's Daily - Hunan Channel

People's Daily Changsha, November 1 Recently, Shegang Town, located in the border area of Beixiang Township, Liuyang City, has ushered in a bumper harvest season for 4635 mu of oil tea in its jurisdiction. In Qingjiang Village and Xinguang Village, Shegang Town, only to see the oil tea trees hanging all over the mountains are full of fruits, and the villagers seize the current sunny weather, shuttle through the oil tea forest, busy picking tea fruits, showing a busy harvest scene. While people are happy with the harvest, they know that there is another group of people in this mountain forest who are indispensable, that is, the guardians who manage the blossoming and fruiting of oil tea day and night - rangers.

"Now is the harvest period of camellia oleifera fruit picking, I have to go to the mountains every day to see the picking of camellia oleifera fruit, where the fruit is picked, when it is picked, this is everyone's harvest of the year, I must have a good idea in my heart, and I have a bottom in my heart." Xun Songbai, a ranger in Xinguang Village, Shegang Town, said firmly.

It is understood that he enters the mountain at five o'clock every morning to inspect, and returns home at five o'clock in the evening, and he has grown up in the mountains since he was a child, and he is familiar with every mountain, every trail, and every road sign, and he guards the harvest of this oil tea forest with hard sweat.

It is reported that Shegang Town is located at the junction of Liuyang, Changsha and Pingjiang counties (cities), with many mountains and few fields, which is suitable for growing oil tea. Camellia oleifera is one of the 100 billion industries with special advantages that the province focuses on creating, since the implementation of the "one county, one special" oil tea industry development project in Liuyang City in 2019, Shegang Town has vigorously developed villagers to grow oil tea, and now the industry has become an important pillar for villagers in the town to increase their income and become rich and help rural revitalization. In the past, barren mountains and barren mountains have now become green "oil fields", "gas stations" for villagers to get rich, and "main graspers" for rural revitalization.

However, in the past few years, due to the lack of understanding of the formation and accumulation process of Camellia oleifera fruit oil by the majority of growers, there is early picking, which seriously affects the quality of Camellia oleifera fruit, coupled with the influence of many factors such as climate, resulting in serious damage to the direct interests of Camellia oleifera farmers. In order to solve these problems, Shegang Town invited professional and technical personnel to teach door-to-door, teach oil tea planting and picking techniques face-to-face, and carry out regular training and guidance. After scientific planting, the tea oil forest has achieved increased production and income, and the villagers are full of energy.

In 2021, Shegang Town fully implemented the forest chief system, quickly established and improved the responsibility system of "one chief, three members and one team", hired 14 full-time forest rangers in the town, and each village was equipped with village-level forest chiefs, law enforcement coordinators and supervisors, opening up the "last kilometer" of forestry protection. At the same time, the town also organized village rangers to participate in the camellia oleifera picking training meeting, combined with the mountain ranger, vigorously publicized the precautions for picking camellia oleifera fruit, guarded the "golden fruit" of the villagers, and became the "guardian" in the camellia oleifera forest.

"Keep the green mountains and spring always there, and protect the peace of mind of the people." Through the implementation of the forest chief system, we will guard this 'green bank' with heart and dedication, and strive to achieve the win-win effect of 'greening on the mountain and increasing income under the forest'. The relevant person in charge of Shegang Town said.

Shegang Town empowers rural revitalization with industrial revitalization, and at the same time combines the practice activities of "I do practical things for the masses" in the study and education of party history, to take the pulse of the development of the oil tea industry and help villagers get rich and increase income. In the next step, the town will continue to implement the spirit of the 13th Party Congress and the "Two Sessions" of Liuyang City, explore the development model of the characteristic oil tea industry, make the villagers' pockets more drummed, and enhance the villagers' sense of happiness and gain. (Wu Wen)