China News Service, Chongqing, March 10th: "Small tea seeds" hold up a large industry, and Chongqing Youyang 10,000-mu tea gardens "catch the spring" and rejuvenate
Author Gao Lu Yanxing
Spring comes early in a year, and all things farmers are the first.
In the middle of spring in March, the camellia field in Liangjin Township, Youyang, Chongqing was full of greenery. The farmers in the village had already entered the fields to seize the busy spring sowing during the farming season, and opened the prelude to spring ploughing production with their diligent hands.
Nesting, fertilizing, planting seedlings... On the top of the mountain more than 1,000 meters above sea level, the Camellia oleifera base under the shadow of old Camellia oleifera trees, among the busy crowds, Wu Xichun, a villager from Liangjing, waving a hoe in his hand, was full of energy.
"It has been snowing before, and the weather is not very good. Today is our first day of plowing. I want to plant the camellia seedlings as soon as possible." Wu Xichun rushed to the field early in the morning and planted new camellia seedlings quickly. Replace the camellia tree that dried up last year.
"Camellia planting seems simple, but there are actually many things to pay attention to." Wu Xichun said that the first two or three years of camellia planting are mainly to promote germination and promote the growth of new shoots. After the third year of flowering, it can be put into production in the fourth year.
The picture shows the Camellia production workshop.
Photo courtesy of Youyang County Party Committee Propaganda Department
In March 2012, Wu Xichun transferred 30 mu of collective land to plant Camellia oleifera in the 6th group of Jiaotang Village. Now the Camellia oleifera has grown to bear fruit, with a yield of about 500 catties per mu, and the annual fruit picking is more than 15,000 catties.
According to the unit price of tea fruit at 1.5 yuan/catties, the sales revenue of Wuxi pure tea fruit reached more than 22,000 yuan.
"The camellia oil squeezed from the fruit of the camellia tree is high-end edible oil with high added value. The villagers have the custom of planting edible camellia, and the development of the camellia industry has unique advantages." Wu Bin, secretary of the Party Committee of Liangjing Township, introduced that since 2017, the whole township has Vigorously develop camellia oil industry, with an area of more than 6,000 mu.
"Because camellia oil has a production management and protection period, it started to bear fruit in about 5 years. Now more than 200 acres of camellia oil have been fruited, and the sales income of tea seeds is more than 150,000 yuan, which has driven a total of 675 farmers to increase their income and become rich. It is expected to enter the 8-year high-yield period. , the output will be greatly increased, and further drive farmers to increase their income and become rich." Wu Bin said that the development of the camellia oil industry can help the revitalization of local villages, and at the same time, it can also provide employment guarantee for the people who are relocated and relocated.
In recent years, Youyang has taken the development of the camellia oleifera industry as a path to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and the effective connection of rural revitalization. It uses barren hills and slopes to grow camellia oleifera. Processing and development of camellia oleifera ecotourism.
Up to now, the county's camellia oil base has reached 363,000 mu, and the camellia oil industry covers 38 towns in Youyang County, connecting and driving 30,000 farmers in the county.
In order to effectively integrate resources and accelerate the industrialization of camellia oleifera, Youyang County has specially established Youyang County Youzhou Camellia Technology Company, and established a development system that integrates intensive cultivation of camellia oil seedlings, planting, research and development, production and sales.
Zhang Xinwen, chairman of Chongqing Youzhou Camellia Technology Co., Ltd., told reporters that, as a key state-owned enterprise in Youyang County, it has continuously increased its investment in camellia oil planting bases. The village collective economic organization + peasant household" model has promoted the "three transformations" reform in rural areas, and realized the transformation of resources into assets, funds into shares, and farmers into shareholders.
During spring planting and autumn planting, more than 3,000 people work in the Camellia oleifera base every day. The accumulated labor cost is more than 180 million yuan, and the income of poverty-stricken households has increased by more than 20 million yuan.
"The good development of the industry depends on the strong industrial 'chain'. Since the tea oil production line was put into operation, we have adopted the international advanced low-temperature cold-pressing technology, and have built a low-temperature cold-pressed intelligent tea with an annual output of 1,000 tons and an annual output value of 200 million yuan. oil production line."
Zhang Xinwen said that through comprehensive and deep processing and research and development of tea oil, more than 20 products such as family packs, baby cooking oil and hot pot oil have been launched.
In addition, it has in-depth cooperation with major customers such as Chongqing Changan Automobile and Chongqing Tourism Investment Group, and has established stable sales channels through various forms such as Internet e-commerce, direct experience stores, supermarkets, and Yuezi clubs. In 2021, it will achieve sales revenue of 94.48 million Yuan.
The development prospect of Camellia oleifera is gratifying. The company has established a listing goal and strives to be listed on the New Third Board of the Beijing Stock Exchange in 2024 and listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2025.
"Youyang Camellia Technology connects thousands of households." Zhang Xinwen said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 500,000 mu of Camellia Oil Base will be built, creating a national Camellia oleifera county, a national well-known Camellia oleifera enterprise, and a national well-known brand of Camellia oleifera, consolidating the county. Expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization, let Youyang revitalize the road to prosperity, and tea oil will be fragrant all the way.
Youyang, Chongqing City is one of the 160 key rural revitalization counties in the country. Because the Taohuayuan scenic spot is famous all over the world, the local specialty tea oil is also becoming famous.
In November 2020, Youyang Camellia Oil won the title of "Chongqing High-quality Climate Agricultural Products", and in 2021, it won the title of "Chongqing High-quality Poverty Alleviation Product" and the "China Woody Oil Influence Geographical Indication Product" certification.
Developing the camellia oil industry, helping people to increase their income, and promoting rural revitalization and construction have become a golden key for the development of the agricultural industry in Youyang County.
According to the planning of the Youyang County Party Committee and the County Government of Chongqing, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Youyang County will highlight the leading industries of camellia oleifera, flower field tribute rice, and tea, promote the "three changes" reform of the whole township, the integrated development of "three societies", and strengthen the mountainous area. Agriculture allows enterprises to make money, village collectives to have a head start, and farmers to taste the sweetness, so as to truly realize industrial prosperity, people's wealth, and ecological beauty.
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