Zhenggong Township, Shangsi County: Planting mulberry and raising silkworms increases income and farmers embark on the road to wealth

Recently, in the standardized silkworm house in Xinliang Village, Zhenggong Township, Shangsi County, rows of square clusters were hung neatly, and four farmers were harvesting silkworm cocoons in an orderly manner. The cocoons were round and full, and as white as frost.

“This batch of silkworm cocoons can weigh about 650 kilograms, and each kilogram of cocoons can be sold for 27 yuan. If the connection is good, 12-13 batches of silkworms can be raised a year. After the cocoons are harvested, companies will buy them, so don’t worry. market.” Huang Gang, the legal representative of the Xingcong Breeding Professional Cooperative in Shangsi County, introduced while busy harvesting silkworm cocoons, “Anyone can come as long as they are willing. We provide the site and the technology to raise silkworms.”

The Xingcong Breeding Professional Cooperative in Shangsi County was established in 2019. It is composed of 4 farmers, with a total investment of 900,000 yuan, and a factory building of 500 square meters. Currently, 200 acres of Guisang No. 12 variety are planted, with an annual output value of 280,000 yuan. It can solve the employment problem of 9 people. Since the establishment of the cooperative, four farmers have achieved a qualitative leap in sericulture technology from scratch, from ignorance to proficiency, relying on their tenacity to learn, specialize in research, and endure hardship. In 2022, the company’s cocoonquality will reach the autonomous region’s first-level cocoon standard.

The sericulture industry is one of Shangsi County’s “1633” projects. In recent years, Shangsi County has actively promoted the construction of mulberry planting and silkworm house projects in accordance with local conditions, timely introduced industrial reward and subsidy policies, and strengthened business training for industry teams and sericulture farmers’ production technology. Under the guidance, the sericulture industry has developed greatly.

Gongzheng Township is located in the eastern part of Shangsi County. It is known as the “East Gate” of Shangsi County. It belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate zone, with a mild climate, an average annual rainfall of 2,000 mm, abundant rainfall, fertile land, and superior geographical conditions. It is very Suitable for planting mulberry and raising silkworms. Gongzheng Township relies on the sericulture joint venture established at the county level to implement industrialized business models such as “company + base + sericulture farmers”, “company + cooperative + sericulture farmers”, “company + base + cooperative, family farm + sericulture farmers”, and build two villages, Gongzheng and Xinliang A standardized sericulture base, supporting the construction of 800 acres of planting demonstration bases such as Kulu Village, Xinliang Village, and Gongzheng Village, has driven surrounding farmers to vigorously develop the mulberry planting industry and assisted rural revitalization. It is expected that the mulberry planting area in the township will reach 3,500 acres in 2023, and the planting area in the township will reach 18,500 acres by the end of the “14th Five-Year Plan”.

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