In recent years, Sanjiang Town, Daozhen Autonomous County, Guizhou Province has focused on stony desertification prevention and control, ecological environment restoration, and industrial development, giving full play to the role of “branch leadership, party members, bases, cooperatives, cooperatives, party members, and technical guidance and assistance”. , Continue to strengthen the control of rocky desertification, continue to increase the conversion of farmland to forests, and the adjustment of rural industrial structure, and successfully explored a set of industrial ecologicalization and ecological industrialization of rocky desertification comprehensive management of forest and grass vegetation reclamation and greening.
At present, the area of rocky desertification in the town has been reduced from 60% to 9%, and the forest coverage rate has increased from 42% to 52%. The barren hills and fields have turned into green mountains and mountains, and green mountains and mountains have become golden mountains and silver mountains.
Climb the hill if you go out
"Sanjiang Town has the worst development conditions among the 14 townships in Daozhen County. It is a mountain from a distance, but also a mountain from a closer look. The mountain has high slopes and steep slopes. The karst landform features are obvious. There is no plain dam support. The usable arable land is only over 15,000. More than 70% of the soil is sandy, and corn can only be grown in traditional food crops. However, even if corn is grown, the yield per mu is small when it grows well in the year. If it encounters drought, the ears will dry out. "The local cadres are very helpless.
"At that time, land resources were very scarce. In order to compete for one and a half acres of land, people had to cultivate intensively in a plot of land that was as large as a rock and palm. There was not enough food, let alone a few cents. The poorer the species, the poorer the species." Villager Zheng Zhihuai recalled the situation a few years ago.
Sanjiang Town is located in the southwest of Daozhen Autonomous County. It is a rocky karst area. There are many mountains in the town. Most of the soil is sandy soil. In addition, there are many exposed bedrocks and frequent mountain torrents, landslides, and mudslides. Soil erosion, water shortage and drought have caused poor mountains, dry water, declining forests, and thin soil... it has given a red light to people's survival. In addition, the incidence of rocky desertification is closely related to poverty. The local people have poor production and living conditions and economic difficulties.
If you are poor, think about change and just do it
“It’s definitely not possible to continue like this. There is no way for development, so we will find a way by ourselves. After many trips and inspections, combined with the actual situation of the town, we found that the pepper trees are drought-tolerant and suitable for rocky desert mountainous areas lacking water and soil. One mu of mature pepper forest can produce about 800 kilograms of fresh pepper." Yang Yongqi, secretary of the town party committee, said that according to the market situation, the output value of pepper per mu is about 21,000 yuan, which is several times that of corn.
In 2008, Sanjiang Town spotted the ecological, economic, and social benefits of the pepper industry. Through government guidance, enterprise leadership, and people's participation, the barren mountains were regenerated and regenerated. More than 10,000 mu of peppercorns have been planted through the development of the village collective cooperative. However, due to improper technology and management, only more than 2,000 mu survived at the end of 2015, and the proportion of people planting pepper was less than 10%, and the people's enthusiasm for planting was greatly affected.
In 2017, the village introduced Sichuan Guoguang Co., Ltd. to provide technical guidance and seedling support, and the trial planting of peppercorns in Sanjiang Town was finally successful. At the same time, adhere to the development idea of "Leaders take the lead, cadres lead the work, the masses follow, and everyone works together". Under the direct leadership of the cadres, the masses continue to learn pepper planting techniques and gradually accept the pepper industry through employment and participation in management. In 2017, the pepper industry began to benefit, and the masses changed from bystanders to participants, actively planting peppercorns.
The masses are rich in ecological beauty
“In the past, our family’s land was used to grow corn, with a lot of stones and little output, so we couldn’t make much money in a year. If we give the land to the cooperative, we would have 400 yuan as a transfer fee per mu. We work in the base and earn more than 80 yuan a day. Very cost-effective." Villager Lu Shuhuai said, now that I go out to see green mountains and green waters, my living environment has improved, and my home is close to the base. Not only is he not afraid of lack of employment, his living conditions have also been significantly improved.
"The problem that has plagued us for many years has finally been solved. Now the prickly ash planting area in the whole village has grown to more than 3,500 mu. With the company's technical guidance, we are not afraid to plant it. This year, more than 800 acres have been added." Sanjiang Community, Sanjiang Town Chen Bin, secretary of the general branch, said that through comprehensive control of rocky desertification, the mountains and forests have been raised and the land has become fertile, which will fundamentally help the masses get rid of poverty and become rich. Last year, the 197 registered households in the village achieved all poverty alleviation. Now everyone is more vigorous. The young migrant workers and the older workers nearby. Two villagers made more than 100,000 yuan in pepper last year. Since the resumption of production and work this year, more than 30 villagers have worked in the base every day. Now the ecological environment Improvements have been made, and the industrial drive has also begun to show results. During the busy farming season, the town and village mobilized party members to help the villagers pick peppercorns, and the faces of the people smiled more.
Nowadays, Sanjiang Town has also established a pepper processing plant, which can dry and preserve the pepper. At the same time, a platform company was established to be responsible for external sales. From what to grow, how to grow to how to sell, the entire chain has been opened up. In 2019, the output of peppercorns in Sanjiang Town was 500,000 jin, and this year it will increase to about 1.5 million jin. The town has coordinated and fought two battles of poverty alleviation and ecological protection on the same battlefield. The poverty alleviation industry has continued to develop and the control of rock desertification has achieved remarkable results. The town of Sanjiang is undergoing earth-shaking changes. (Economic Daily News reporter Wang Xinwei, correspondent Wu Minghai)