In Shiyun Village, Jiuyunjie Town, Fukang City, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, according to local conditions, through the model of "farmers + cooperatives + enterprises", farmers have established professional planting cooperatives and developed characteristic agricultural "stevia", which not only realizes the employment of villagers "at the doorstep", but also opens up the "sweet" life of villagers.
This year, the Xintianye Planting Professional Cooperative in Jiuyunjie Town, Fukang City, planted 1,500 acres of stevia, and in these days, the temperature difference between day and night that lasted nearly 20 degrees Celsius also became the peak period of stevia glycan.
Yan Xinhu, chairman of the Xintianye Planting Professional Cooperative in Jiuyun Street Town, Fukang City, introduced, "Stevia is a high-end sweetener, this year we signed an order with the German Rhine Company that specializes in extracting xylitol, and the sales after manual picking are 26 yuan a kilogram, and the mechanical picking sales are 14 yuan a kilogram." According to the conditions it needs, we replenish water and fertilizer in time. Stevia has a high survival rate, good growth efficiency, and generally does not use pesticides. This year' production of stevia is expected to be more than 400 kilograms per acre of land, and the income is expected to be about 5600 yuan. ”
Stevia is known for its "sweetness", and has been widely used as a medicine and diet, and the stevia extracted from it is known as a "new sugar source", "plant sugar king" and the best natural sweetener. Steviol glycoside derivatives have clinical efficacy in lowering hypertension, blood sugar, improving diarrhea, etc., and in 1990, China approved stevia as a pharmaceutical sweetener excipient.
"Stevia can also be made into flower tea, suitable for diabetes, high blood lipids and other patients to eat, the leaves are refined, produce xylitol, can be eaten by the people." Yan Xinhu said.
Stevia is the first trial planting of cooperatives, and how to grow stevia well is a big "problem" faced by cooperatives. The Changji Prefecture Ecological and Environmental Bureau's "Visit huiju" team in Shiyun Village, Jiuyunjie Town, Fukang City, helped the cooperative to provide technical guidance in terms of watering water and fertilizer and stevia root forks, and also used the online media platform to publicize.
"Led by party building, the task force has continuously contacted customers through online consultation, circle of friends, etc., increased our order volume, and continuously expanded our sales channels, so that our stevia can sell at a good price." Han Sheng, head of the "Visiting Huiju" task force and first secretary of the Changji Prefecture Ecological and Environmental Bureau in Shiyun Village, Jiuyun Street Town, Fukang City, said.
Mao Jianping, a villager in Shiyun Village, Jiuyun Street Town, Fukang City, said: "I think it is very novel that the cooperative has introduced new crops, and I still suspect that planting stevia can still make money? I am now in the field earning money while learning technology, and next year I will expand the planting area. ”
"The development of the cultivation of characteristic agricultural products is to gradually change the development direction of traditional agriculture, and also allow our farmers to efficiently use the land to grow the 'golden lump' of prosperity." Wang Ximing, deputy mayor of Jiuyunjie Town, Fukang City, said.
(Guangming Daily all-media reporter Wang Ser correspondent Ma Wenjing)