China News Service, Hefei, December 3 (Reporter Zhang Qiang) 2021 Anhui Straw and Livestock Farming Waste Comprehensive Utilization Industry Expo (hereinafter referred to as "Anhui Straw Expo") opened on the 3rd in Hefei, Anhui.

This conference selected 122 projects to be signed, with a total contract amount of 18.75 billion yuan.

  Among them, there are 57 projects with more than 100 million yuan; 25 investment projects from the Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, with a total investment of 9.06 billion yuan.

Straws are made into household utensils such as dishes.

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  The current Anhui Straw Expo has an exhibition area of ​​30,000 square meters, attracting nearly 1,000 companies to participate offline or online. Activities mainly include exhibitions, project cooperation, element docking, international exchanges, and online exhibitions.

  According to Yang Zengquan, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Anhui Province, since 2017, the Anhui Straw Expo has been successfully held for 4 consecutive sessions.

In the past four years, the cumulative number of signed projects has reached 354, 321 projects have been started, and 34.04 billion yuan has been invested.

Through the expo, Anhui has introduced a number of domestic leading technologies and leading companies.

A number of domestic leading companies such as Wanhua Plate, Zhongxing Fungus Industry, and Linhai Technology have successfully settled in Anhui through the Expo platform.

On December 3, the 2021 Anhui Straw and Livestock Farming Waste Comprehensive Utilization Industry Expo opened in Hefei, Anhui.

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  As a major agricultural province, Anhui will produce 40.19 million tons of grain and 6.169 million tons of meat, eggs and milk in 2020.

Annually, 48 million tons of crop straws and 56 million tons of livestock and poultry breeding wastes are produced.

Yang Zengquan said that this is a source of pollution that is difficult to deal with, and it is also a renewable resource that contains treasures.

By the end of 2020, the comprehensive utilization rate of straw in Anhui Province will be more than 90%, and the comprehensive utilization rate of livestock and poultry breeding waste will be more than 80%.

Straw can be fermented for the culture medium of mushrooms.

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  According to incomplete statistics, in 2020, the annual output value of the comprehensive utilization of straw and livestock and poultry breeding waste (hereinafter referred to as the "two utilization") industry in Anhui will exceed 40 billion yuan, and there will be 50 enterprises with an annual output value of more than 100 million yuan; annual profits and taxes will be 3 billion yuan. More than 43,000 employees are employed.

A total of 1,049 standardized purchasing and storage centers have been built in Anhui province to achieve full coverage of standardized purchasing and storage centers in major grain producing areas.

50 biomass power plants have been built, with an installed capacity of 1.46 million kilowatts.

Exhibits at Anhui Straw Expo.

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  At the same time, Anhui Province produces 2.2 million tons of commercial organic fertilizers around the industrial chain of livestock and poultry breeding waste collection, storage and transportation, biogas production, power generation, and organic fertilizer production. Large and medium-sized biogas projects produce 74 million cubic meters of biogas and 32.93 million kWh of biogas power generation. , Has made important contributions to solve agricultural non-point source pollution, promote energy conservation and emission reduction, realize agricultural efficiency, and help farmers increase income.

  Yang Zengquan said that in 2025, the comprehensive utilization rate of straw in Anhui Province will not be less than 95%, and the comprehensive utilization rate of livestock and poultry breeding waste will not be less than 85%.

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