[Rural Revitalization] The increase in the quantity and price of Pu'er coffee in Yunnan helps consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation
[Explanation] Right now is the coffee picking season. Recently, in Menglian County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, coffee farmers have also become busy. They leave early and return late, just to pick the fresh coffee fruits that have matured on the trees as soon as possible. Sell for a good price.
As the output and price are better than in previous years, coffee has provided a solid guarantee for the frontier people to increase their income and consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation.
[Explanation] In the Huilongkuo villager group of Paliang Village, Mengma Town, Menglian County, villager Nanu is picking coffee in her own field. After picking, the fresh coffee fruit is sold to a nearby coffee processing enterprise. It has been starting more than a month ago. Since the harvest this season, 12 tons of fresh fruit have been sold from the 18 acres of coffee grown by her family.
[Concurrent] Nanu, a villager in Paliang Village, Menglian County
Up to now, our family (coffee) has picked more than half, and there are about five or six tons left.
It sold for more than 40,000 yuan, and the highest price sold was 4.7 yuan per kilogram.
[Explanation] Since this year's coffee production and price are significantly better than previous years, the remaining fresh fruits are expected to sell for more than 30,000 yuan after all the picking.
Nanu's family is a poverty alleviation household. In addition to coffee, her family also grows nuts, rice, corn, and cattle.
[Concurrent] Nanu, a villager in Paliang Village, Menglian County
This year, coffee in our family can be sold for about 70,000 yuan, corn for about 6,000 yuan, nuts for about 2,000 yuan, and cattle for about 5,000 yuan, all of which add up to about 83,000 yuan.
[Explanation] Paliang Village is a mountainous village with Lahu as the main body, Dai, Wa and other ethnic groups living together. The industries of Paliang Village are mainly coffee, rice, nuts, etc. Among them, the coffee planting area reaches 17,616 mu, with large There are 54 large and small coffee processing factories.
According to the cooperation model of enterprise + base + farmer, the villagers sell the fresh coffee fruit they grow to the nearby processing factory, and the processing factory will do its best to help the villagers increase their income through training in planting and picking techniques.
[Concurrent] Dong Yanmei, Deputy General Manager of Menglian Daya Trading Co., Ltd.
There are more than 120 farmers who cooperate with our company, mainly Lahu people. Lahu people belong to the Zhiguo ethnic group. After growing coffee in the past few years, many people have built new houses and started cars. Still getting better every year.
[Explanation] The hot area of Menglian County is rich in resources and suitable for the growth of tropical crops such as coffee. At present, the coffee planting area in the county reaches 107,400 mu, and the coffee industry covers 16,081 farmers including Lahu, Wa and other ethnic groups. 6.1 10,000 people, a large part of which are poverty-stricken households.
[Explanation] In recent years, Menglian County has taken effective measures to continuously promote the transformation and upgrading of the coffee industry, and promote the transformation of low-end commercial coffee to high-end specialty coffee, focusing on the construction of ecological coffee gardens, the construction of primary coffee processing plants, and the promotion of coffee garden certification. Promote the quality and efficiency of the industry, thereby increasing the income of coffee farmers and coffee enterprises, and the coffee industry has provided a solid guarantee for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation.
[Concurrent] Yao Wei, Member of the Standing Committee of Menglian County Party Committee and Deputy Mayor of the County People's Government
We estimate that the average price of fresh coffee fruit this year will exceed 4 yuan per kilogram, which is very good news for the majority of coffee farmers. According to the current Menglian coffee planting area of nearly 110,000 mu, it is estimated that the entire The income of coffee farmers who grow coffee will exceed 150 million yuan, and the agricultural output value of the entire coffee industry will exceed 200 million yuan.
Du Xiaoxiao He Yougang Yao Xianghang reports from Pu'er, Yunnan
Responsible editor: [Li Yuxin]