China News Service, Hulunbeier, September 25th, title: Hulunbeier silkworm industry ushered in the harvest season: silkworm cocoons become "golden lump"
Author Zhang Wei Zhang Liangcheng Li Gang
"Now that I have bought a car and moved into a building, the small cocoon has become a great helper for my family to be well-off." On the 25th, the silkworm farm in Taipinggou Village, Xiangyangyu Town, Hulunbuir Arong Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, had six or seven years of experience in sericulture. Silkworm farmer Ma Yunxu introduced while busy picking cocoons.
In the golden autumn season, the sericulture production in Arong Banner ushered in the harvest season, and the white-flowered silkworm cocoons became the "golden knot" for silkworm farmers to make a fortune.
Ma Yunxu has contracted 400 acres of silkworm farms in Taipinggou Village, and the amount of silkworm seeds he releases is about 15 jin every year.
"In recent years, the income of sericulture has been getting better year after year, and the annual income can reach more than 100,000 yuan."
The picture shows silkworm farmers are harvesting tussah.
Photo by Lu Hengjiu
Arong Banner has a history of tussah silkworm breeding for many years. Every autumn, silkworm farmers are busy picking and selling silkworm cocoons to become a beautiful local scenery.
Sericulture can not only drive silkworm farmers to get rich, but also help many local farmers who cannot go out to work to achieve "employment" at their doorsteps.
Ma Yunxu told reporters that every year in the sericulture period, many farmers come to work in the sericulture farm, and the per capita income can reach four to five thousand yuan during the harvest season in more than one month.
Raising tussah silkworms has a short production cycle, low investment, high efficiency, and does not delay farming such as farming.
The reporter learned that Arong Banner currently has a sericulture farm area of 470,000 mu, more than 5,000 sericulture households, and a total of more than 4,000 tussah silkworms. The output of commercial cocoons is more than 6 million kg. The comprehensive output value of sericulture reached 220 million yuan. It has promoted the employment of tens of thousands of people.
Due to the good quality and high survival rate of the silkworm cocoons in Arong Banner, the cocoons that are picked are not worried about the market. Every year, many foreign merchants come to buy them. Small silkworm cocoons have become a big industry for farmers to make a fortune.
The government of Arong Banner stated that in recent years, while protecting the green waters and green mountains, Arong Banner has increased the management and protection of sericulture farms, scientifically and standardized construction of sericulture farms, and determined the renewal area of sericulture farms in strict accordance with regulations to achieve high and stable sericulture production. Farmers' income; through strict control of stocking and leaf consumption, and vigorous efforts to protect tussah forest resources, tussah has become a "money cow" for silkworm farmers, and at the same time, both economic and ecological benefits will be harvested.
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