BEIJING, July 20 electric Liangshan
question: Sichuan Yanyuan: "little pepper" nourish big industry, "Ma Xiang" in the revitalization of rural drawn blueprint
Author Yue Yitong Qi Yuting
The roar of machinery came from the newly-built factory building of Dongshun Huajiao Cooperative in Yanyuan County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
The newly-purchased blow-type specific gravity concentrator from Hebei is operating effectively, separating the shells and seeds of a large number of peppercorns with high efficiency.
Soon, these processed "Yanyuan pepper" will be sold to Chongqing, Hunan, Yunnan and other provinces (cities).
Watching this scene, the chairman of the cooperative, Liu Laigui, who stood by, couldn't hide a smile on his face.
The plump prickly ash decorates the branches.
Photo by Wang Lei
The Dongshun Pepper Cooperative in Yanyuan County was established in 2011. There are more than 200 members in the cooperative, and the planting area of "Yanyuan Pepper" has reached more than 4,800 mu.
In recent years, the annual income of cooperatives has reached more than 5 million yuan, and the average annual income of members has exceeded 50,000 yuan.
"In recent years, the Yanyuan pepper industry has developed better and better, and we have also increased investment, purchased advanced equipment, and expanded sales channels. I believe the cooperative will also have good returns this year." Liu Laigui said with confidence.
The rapid development of Dongshun Pepper Cooperative is just a microcosm of the expanding scale of the pepper industry in Yanyuan County.
At present, the planting area of pepper in Yanyuan County has reached 820,000 mu, with an annual output of 60,000 tons of fresh pepper and a comprehensive output value of 2 billion yuan. Pepper farmers have realized an annual income of more than 7,000 yuan per capita from pepper planting. There are 106 cooperatives developing pepper planting, production and marketing. .
The big industry nurtured by "Little Pepper" is helping the local people run "acceleration" on the road to becoming rich.
In the Dongshun Huajiao Cooperative in Yanyuan County, the newly purchased equipment is operating effectively.
Photo by Wang Lei
July coincides with the harvest season of "Yanyuan Pepper".
In the farmland, the leafy pepper trees are eye-catching and beautiful, and clusters of red pepper trees are adorned on the branches, and the scent is fragrant.
The villagers wearing sun hats quickly took off the peppercorns and put them in the back basket. The busy figure became a beautiful landscape.
Ma Quer, a 31-year-old villager in Longkouhe Village, Runyan Town, after picking her own pepper trees, went to work in the prickly ash fields of the village’s large farmers. For every jin of pepper she picked, she would be paid 3 yuan. In one day, this A Yi woman can earn more than 200 yuan.
"Selling home-grown peppercorns and working as a picker (picker) can earn 50,000 to 60,000 yuan each year." Ma Quer smiled plainly. "The pepper industry in my hometown is well developed, and our income is also good. Higher and higher, life is getting better year after year."
At this time of the year, merchants from all over the country also flock to Yanyuan, rushing to purchase fresh peppercorns and sell them all over the country.
There is a busy scene in the "Prickly ash trading market in two provinces and three counties" in Yanyuan County. Businessmen holding pepper sampling guns go back and forth in front of the pepper farmers' stalls to buy the best quality pepper.
In the market, there is a constant stream of inquiries, shouts, and bargaining, which is extremely lively.
According to reports, each year from the end of June to the end of September, "Yanyuan pepper" ushered in the peak trading period, the daily trading volume of dried pepper in this market can reach 200,000 jin.
Lan Jingju, a merchant from Chengdu, has purchased "Yanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum" for 32 consecutive years, with an average annual purchase volume of about 400,000 jin.
"'Yanyuan pepper" has high numbness, large output and good quality. It is popular all over the country and its sales are guaranteed." Lan Jingju poked the pepper sampling gun into the snakeskin bag full of pepper, and then brought it out. Pour the pepper in your hand and observe carefully.
"Every year, when the pepper harvest season is approaching, many customers come to me to order peppers. This year a Beijing boss wants to buy 200,000 catties. I have to choose them carefully." Lan Jingju said.
In recent years, Yanyuan County has vigorously developed the pepper industry. From July 17 to 19 this year, it also held the 2021 Sichuan Flower (Fruit) Ecotourism Festival and the first Yanyuan County pepper festival. Through industry seminars, agricultural special products Exhibits and other rich and diverse forms, all-round promotion and promotion of "Yanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum", aiming to improve the brand awareness of "Yanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum" and promote industrial transformation and upgrading and high-quality development.
In the prickly ash field, pickers are picking prickly ash.
Photo by Wang Lei
"Hopefully, by holding the pepper festival, more people will know that'Yanyuan pepper' is very good, so that our peppercorns can be sold to more places." Shariluo, a big pepper grower in Longkouhe Village, Runyan Town, is full of expectations for the future. A 46-year-old uncle of the Yi nationality said "ambitiously": "Now I have planted 109 acres of peppercorns, and the annual gross income can be more than 500,000 yuan. In the future, I want to continue to expand the scale of planting and establish cooperatives to drive the villagers to get rich together. ."
The blueprint for increasing income drawn with Chinese prickly ash as the "pen and ink" is slowly unfolding in Yanyuan County in the depths of the Daliang Mountains, and the "Yanyuan Blueprint" for rural revitalization is gradually taking shape.
Yin Jiangtao, secretary of the Yanyuan County Party Committee and County Mayor, stated that in the next step, Yanyuan will study and formulate a high-quality development plan for the "Yanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum" industry, carry out the construction of the "Yanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum" national economic forest industry regional characteristic brand, and promote the "Yanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum" industry. The establishment of a regional public brand, and strive to make "Yanyuan Huajiao" another beautiful business card in the local area within 5 years.
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