Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, December 9 (Reporter Wang Min) "Grid-type cultivation is more conducive to the growth, pruning, windproof and light exposure of pear trees. Qiuyue is the latest variety. The fruit is large and round, and the taste is crispy and sweet." Yu Lixiang, a member of the Fruit Innovation Team of Hebei Province, came to Dalu Village to make a presentation.

  There are more than 3,800 acres of land in Dalu Village to grow pear trees, and the sales of pears account for more than 80% of the villagers’ annual income.

Song Xihua, deputy secretary of the village party branch, said that the latest pear cultivation technology, management methods, variety introduction, market information, etc. can be “entered into the village” at the first time, and the annual per capita net income of villagers has already exceeded 10,000 yuan.

  Botou is the "Hometown of Yali Pears in China", and the history of pear cultivation for more than 2000 years has formed a deep accumulation.

Botou’s current fresh pear planting area is 250,000 mu, with an annual output of 480,000 tons, which are exported to 34 countries and regions including the United States, Canada, and Australia.

  In the process of development, the Botou pear industry has also accumulated problems such as old varieties and backward management. The traditional varieties of Yali of origin have reached a low point.

In order to carry forward the "ancestral industry" of pear tree planting, Botou City carried out supply-side structural reforms to the pear industry.

The municipal finance allocates 2 million yuan in rewards every year to guide growers to reduce the quantity and quality of the old variety-Yali pear. At the same time, through structural adjustment, refined technology, and strong management, the old orchard has been transformed and upgraded, and the planting model has become more modern. The variety structure has been optimized, and the pear industry in Thousand-Year Pear Village is undergoing rapid changes.

  Seventy percent of the arable land in Jinmaju Village, Wangwuzhuang Town, is planted with fruit trees.

Relying on large fruit companies, Zhang Wanrong, the leader of pear planting, organizes fruit growers to set up the Golden Horse Fruit Cooperative to provide members with new varieties introduction, production management, technical training, supply of production materials, pest control, market information collection and release, product purchase and sales, etc. Full Service.

  "Qiuyue, Xinli No. 7, Huangguan and other varieties have been introduced in an orderly manner and have successively produced benefits." Zhang Wanrong said that due to timely optimization and adjustment of the fruit structure and implementation of standardized planting, the quality of the cooperative fruit has been improved. This alone has increased the income of fruit farmers by 200 per year. More than ten thousand yuan.

  At present, almost all of the more than 350 fruit farmers in Jinmaju Village have joined the cooperative, which has also promoted the improvement of the quality and efficiency of more than 30,000 mu of orchards in the surrounding villages.

In 2020, the output value of the fruit industry in the whole village will be 37.82 million yuan, and the annual per capita net income of farmers will be 19,356 yuan. The Jinma Fruit Professional Cooperative has been rated as a national demonstration cooperative, and Jinmaju Village has become a model for rural revitalization.

  Now, many agricultural technology institutions such as Hebei Agricultural Innovation Station have settled in Botou one after another.

Yu Lixiang said that the three large fruit companies in Botou City have their own planting bases. Among them, the planting base in Dalu Village has more than 1,000 acres. Not only did they develop and apply grid cultivation, natural grasses to increase soil organic matter, and New technologies such as the scientific application of organic fertilizers for fruit habits, and the sequential update of many new varieties such as Qiuyue and Xinli No. 7 have greatly improved the quality and benefits of the fruit.