Lingyun: “Little silkworms” weave “rich cocoons”
The plan for a year lies in spring, and the good times of the year lie in spring plowing. In the fields, you can see hard-working mulberry farmers doing their best in spring and working hard for a good harvest.
At noon on March 10, the sun was blazing and the temperature was close to 30°C. At this time, some of the mulberry farmers in Nongtang Village, Shali Yao Township, Lingyun County are busy cleaning their mulberry gardens, removing dead leaves, branches, and weeds from the mulberry gardens; some are busy digging out diseased roots and pruning off weak or diseased branches; Some were busy scraping off insect eggs and disease spots, and picking off diseased buds and leaves… Under the scorching sun, everyone’s clothes were soaked with sweat and their hands were stained black, but their movements were still skillful and quick, and from time to time they would Talk and laugh.
“Raising silkworms is like raising babies. You have to be careful and endure hardships. You have to feed them three times a day and you can’t go hungry.” When talking about raising silkworms, mulberry farmer Liu Jinfei said that during that time, he got up at 5 o’clock every morning. Feed the silkworms, and then go to the fields to pick mulberry leaves twice.
It is understood that before developing mulberry and sericulture, Liu Jinfei worked outside all year round. However, due to physical reasons and the fact that his two children were still studying, medical expenses, tuition fees, and living expenses made the family fall into poverty and even be heavily in debt. Liu Jinfei became a registered poor household in the village; but he did not give in to life. By chance, Liu Jinfei returned to his hometown in 2018 to plant mulberry and raise silkworms. “Rearing silkworms is a manual job. It doesn’t take much physical effort. As long as people are diligent, they can make money.” Liu Jinfei said.
With the help and guidance of the cadres stationed in the village, the first group raised two and a half sheets of silkworms that year, earning more than 4,000 yuan; throughout the year, they raised 10 sheets of silkworms, producing more than 800 kilograms of cocoons, and earning nearly 20,000 yuan. Having tasted the benefits, he continued to expand the scale. In 2021, he built a standard sericulture house, raised 90 silkworms, harvested more than 10,800 kilograms of cocoons, and earned nearly 300,000 yuan. Through hard work and hard work, the family not only got rid of poverty, paid off all debts, and built a new building in four years, but also sent their two children to college and saved up savings. “I have some experience in raising silkworms. Currently, I have a mulberry garden covering an area of more than 40 acres. If nothing unexpected happens, the income from silkworm cocoons will be better this year.” Liu Jinfei said happily.
In recent years, Lingyun County has included the sericulture industry into three key industries under the “211” industrial development concept, adopting a combination of “coordinated promotion by special classes, demonstration by dedicated personnel, concentrated training in leisure time, and touring guidance between production and production”. The working model has changed from “working alone” individual farmers to centralized and contiguous large-scale operations, focusing on cultivating new production and operation entities in the sericulture industry with family farms as the main force, and spawning a number of professional service organizations to attract upstream cocoonsSilk companies have joined in and continue to promote technologies such as “varietal excellence, co-breeding of small silkworms, labor saving of large silkworms, and automation of reeling”, and the time for farmers to raise silkworms has been shortened to about 15 days. , an average of 8 working days can be saved for each silkworm, and the cocoon loading rate has increased from 85% to more than 95%, achieving cost savings and efficiency increase in industrial development.
“Suitable weather is certainly conducive to the growth of mulberry trees, but it is also very conducive to the occurrence of pests and diseases.” Huang Heyu, deputy director of Lingyun County Economic Crop Development Center, said that spring is the period when most mulberry tree pests and diseases begin to move and spread harm. We hope that mulberry trees will Farmers must do timely prevention and control work, conduct comprehensive management, and improve the yield and quality of mulberry leaves; at the same time, the silkworm houses must be disinfected according to technical requirements before the first batch of breeding every year. Only by working can one ensure the survival rate.
“Although sericulture is hard work, money comes quickly.” Huang Xiande, a large sericulture farmer in Longhua Village, Shali Yao Township, has been raising sericulture for more than 7 years. The original mulberry garden has expanded from less than 10 acres to more than 30 acres now. As a result, he has grown from a poor household into an advanced example of growing rich by growing mulberry and raising silkworms. Now he has a sericulture room of 480 square meters. While doing a good job in co-cultivation of small silkworms every year, he also takes the lead in planting mulberry and raising silkworms. In 2022, his income will be nearly 400,000 yuan. Ten thousand yuan. Under his leadership and demonstration, there are currently 68 households in the village planting more than 2,000 acres of mulberry gardens, with an annual sericulture output value of more than 15 million yuan.
As of 2022, Lingyun has built 8 key villages for the 1,000-acre sericulture industry. The county has developed a total of 100,000 acres of mulberry gardens, 31 62 small silkworm co-breeding rooms, and 2,219 standardized sericulture rooms covering an area of 138,000 square meters. rice. In 2022, 46 sessions of technical training will be carried out for 2,380 people, 148,900 silkworms will be raised annually, and the output value will reach 317 million yuan. 4,834 people in 1,139 households will achieve stable poverty alleviation through silkworm raising.
Pieces of green mulberry leaves and pieces of fine silk have changed the plight of thousands of poor people and fulfilled their dream of increasing their income and becoming rich.
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