Members of the Bee Farming Cooperative in The village of Rama she are shaking honey. Photo by Zhang Chengming
Zhongxin Network Sanming, July 12 (Ye Qiuyun, Zhang Chengming, Zhang Dexian) "The cooperative has farmed a total of 200 boxes of bees, and the honey growth this season is really good! Recently, in the village of Qishe in Xiafang Township, Mingxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, Jinfu's face was full of joy of harvest, and he praised when the bee farm was busy, and it is expected to harvest 1300 kilograms of honey today.
This is a scene that the reporter saw in the forest bee farm in The Village of Qishe in Xiafang Township, Mingxi County, where a group of bees "buzzed" through the trees. Under this dense forest, JinFu and a dozen villagers are harvesting honey and are very busy.
Mingxi County, Fujian Province, is a famous old revolutionary area, Suzhou District, Mingxi County Xiafang Township Sheshe Village is a key poverty alleviation village in Fujian Province, the village has a total of 93 households, population of 406 people, of which, 9 poor households, poor people 39 people.
Jin Jinfu is assisting villagers in collecting honey at the forest bee farm in The Village of Cangshe. Photo by Zhang Dexian
The fourth batch of traditional villages in China, 15 kilometers away from the seat of the Xiafang Township Government, close to the Fujian Junzifeng National Nature Reserve, the climate is humid, there are wild Chinese herbal medicine, wild mountain flowers and other rich honey source plants in the area, providing unique natural conditions for bee breeding.
In December 2017, Jinjinfu was selected by the Organization Department of Fujian Province and the State Grid Fujian Electric Power to serve as the first secretary of The Village of Xiafang Township, Mingxi County.
Since his arrival, Jin Jinfu has actively sought a development path that will enable villagers to move towards a well-off life and get rid of poverty. After many considerations and comparisons, JinJinfu decided to use the advantages of the natural environment to guide the villagers to develop the beekeeping industry.
"Because the villagers have no experience in beekeeping, the beekeeping program faced technical difficulties from the beginning, and the villagers were skeptical of the beekeeping plan." Jin Jinfu said that while actively seeking technical support, he continued to do the ideological work of the villagers, and the beekeeping plan was slowly implemented.
A view of the forest bee farm in the village of Rama. Photo by Zhang Dexian
In September 2019, with the support of the "Shixiao Beekeeping Cooperative" in Chengguan Township Shiyao Village, Jin Jinfu led the establishment of the "Qishe Beekeeping Cooperative", 6 villagers and 9 poor households into the shares, each household received a fixed 10% dividend every year, the "Shixiao Beekeeping Cooperative" provided bee species, assigned beekeeping masters to enter the village to carry out technical guidance, and held beekeeping training.
According to Jin Jinfu, in order to achieve industrial scale, product formalization, and broaden the sales channels of honey, "Qi She Beekeeping Cooperative" and "ShiQi Beekeeping Cooperative" have registered the "Shiqiao" honey brand together, and incorporated the products into the food traceability system, established food information, realized food safety traceability, further guaranteed product quality, and ensured the sustainable development of the beekeeping industry.
In recent years, in order to help villagers continue to increase income steadily, under the leadership of Jin Jinfu, in addition to vigorously developing the beekeeping industry, it has also guided villagers to plant cash crops such as tobacco, rice, fairy grass, tea trees, etc., and at the same time invested in photovoltaic power generation in Xiafang Township and projects such as county and township hydropower, achieving an annual increase in village financial income of more than 240,000 yuan.
At the end of 2019, all poor households in The Village of Ramay have successfully lifted themselves out of poverty. Jin Jinfu firmly believes that the beekeeping industry will surely bring a happy life as sweet as honey to the villagers of Huangshe. (End)