China News Service, Aksu, Xinjiang, September 27th. Title: Small fruit spurs the big industry of Xinjiang seabuckthorn to become a "fruit of wealth" for the people

　　Author Gou Jipeng Wang Anni

　　"Wild sea buckthorn has more thorns and fewer fruits, while the artificially cultivated large-fruit sea buckthorn has fewer thorns and more fruits. Last year, Wushi County invested 4 million yuan (RMB, the same below) to establish a seabuckthorn research center to cultivate and improve seabuckthorn varieties. Currently the center Five seabuckthorn varieties with strong disease resistance and high yield per mu have been bred." At the Seabuckthorn Research Center of Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, Wang Guoliang, Secretary of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Wushi County Forestry and Grassland Bureau, introduced the research center. A 3000 acres of large-fruited seabuckthorn breeding base has also been built, and 100,000 seabuckthorn seedlings have been cultivated so far.

　　Wushi County is located on the northwestern edge of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. The Gobi Desert occupies about a quarter of the county’s area. There are 100,000 mu of wild seabuckthorn forests distributed in the territory. In 2004, the county was awarded the title of "Chinese Seabuckthorn Township" by the State Forestry Department. .

In recent years, the county has vigorously developed the seabuckthorn industry, planning to implement a million acres of seabuckthorn ecological forest construction project, with ecological environment protection as the main line, developing seabuckthorn seedlings, planting and product deep processing industries.

　　Alarguli Dawuti became a worker in the 10,000-mu seabuckthorn nursery base in Tuman Village, Aheya Town, Wushi County in 2018, and has a stable income.

“In the past, my family’s income relied on only 10 acres of land, and my life was tight. Now I have a monthly salary of more than 2,000 yuan, plus my love’s income from farming, last year our family had an income of 38,000 yuan.” Alarguli Dawuti said excitedly.

　　At present, the artificially planted seabuckthorn area in Aheya Town, Yamansu Township and Yingawati Township of Wushi County exceeds 100,000 mu. It is planned to reach 200,000 mu by the end of this year.

In order to form a scale effect, the county has also established a seabuckthorn planting company to uniformly manage seabuckthorn throughout the county; at the same time, a number of seabuckthorn planting cooperatives have been established to attract more than 500 local people in need for long-term employment, and temporary employment has reached more than 1,000 people. Become a "rich fruit" for local people.

　　In order to extend the seabuckthorn industrial chain and increase the added value of products, the county adopts the model of "enterprise + cooperative + farmer" and introduces a number of seabuckthorn product processing enterprises to produce seabuckthorn puree, seabuckthorn juice and seabuckthorn tea, etc. The development level of the county's seabuckthorn industry has promoted more people's employment.

　　In the production workshop of Xinjiang Yushang Goldenthorn Biotechnology Co., Ltd., the reporter saw that dozens of workers were busy on the filling line.

"We started trial production in July this year and have received orders of more than 2 million yuan. The first batch of products is expected to go on sale in early October." Li Lei, the company's production manager, said that at present the company has driven more than 30 local people to stabilize. Employment.

　　Nurmaili Aimeti was introduced by his brother as a skilled worker in the company in October last year, and now has a monthly income of 3,300 yuan.

"I used to work as a chef in a western restaurant in Hami. Although I earned a little more, I was too far away from home. The whole family needed my care. When I learned that I could find a stable job at home, I didn’t Hesitantly came." In March this year, he also introduced his wife to work here, with a monthly salary of 2,200 yuan. Now the couple have stable jobs.

　　"Sea buckthorn has dense branches and leaves and a well-developed root system, which can improve the ecological environment, such as maintaining water and soil, preventing wind and sand. Moreover, the fruit of sea buckthorn is rich in nutrients and contains a variety of vitamins. Planting sea buckthorn forest can bring considerable economic benefits." Wang Guoliang said, Wushi The county plans to build more than 1.11 million mu of seabuckthorn ecological forest, which can solve long-term and seasonal employment of more than 10,000 people every year.

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