During this year's "May Day" holiday, the number of tourists in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province rose sharply, and many tourists came for the bowl of "sour and spicy snail powder".

Last year, the sales revenue of bagged snail powder in Liuzhou, Guangxi reached 181.8 billion yuan, behind its historic breakthrough, it is inseparable from the supply of large raw materials, and the industrial scale has brought opportunities for local agricultural development.

Small village, big kinetic energy

In the past few days, in the raw material base of snail powder in Shechong Township, Liucheng County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi, farmers are busy picking and processing snail powder raw materials. It is understood that in recent years, the county has actively built a raw material production base for snail powder in Liuzhou, and vigorously developed the breeding and processing industry of snail powder raw materials such as bamboo shoots, fungus and snails in various townships, driving farmers to increase income and helping rural revitalization.

As a leading enterprise in Shechong Township, Guangxi Green Star Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. adopts the development model of "company + base + cooperative + farmer", makes strains through the professional technology of the company's base, unites with the professional cooperative of homesickness and breeding in Shechong Township, trains farmers in edible fungus production technology, drives farmers to plant characteristic edible fungi such as oyster mushroom, hairy fungus, etc., and effectively helps rural revitalization.

Villager Sister Liu, who has worked here since the factory opened and is now engaged in the packing business, told reporters that after a few years of work, her family was lifted out of poverty, and she had been working as a farmer at home, "Now my salary can reach 4000,<> yuan a month, which is already very high in the township!" ”

In recent years, Shechong Township has given full play to its industrial foundation advantages and resource advantages, combined the snail powder raw material industry with the construction of modern agricultural demonstration zone, and radiated more than 1000,<> villagers in the township to increase employment and income.

At present, Shechong Township is fully committed to developing the whole industrial chain of snail powder raw materials, promoting the construction of bean sour shoot pickling and processing base, egg quail breeding base, fungus planting base, rice flour processing and vegetable planting base, so as to provide high-quality raw materials for the development of Liuzhou snail powder industry. At the same time, radiation has driven the people in nearby villages to develop the planting and breeding of fungus, bamboo, beans, quail birds, etc., so as to increase farmers' income, agricultural development and rural prosperity. At present, 2000,300 mu of hemp and bamboo have been planted continuously, 1000 million sticks of fungus have been planted, <> million eggs have been bred with quail seedlings, and more than <>,<> mu of beans have been planted.

Small side dishes Big benefit

Millet flour has formed a large industry, and beans, fungus, bamboo shoots, etc., as one of the indispensable ingredients for making snail powder, have become the "book of prosperity" for farmers.

In the spring is the season of bean sowing season, in the bean horn planting demonstration base in Chang'an Tun, Leshan Village, Jinde Town, Liujiang District, the machinery is running, the villagers are sowing seeds, and the villagers are in full swing to carry out the bean planting work.

"We planted more than 200 mu of beans this year, and the masses are very supportive. Everyone is very happy and diligent, unless they can't work on rainy days, they take the initiative to work when it's sunny, and don't pay attention to how much they get. My family has invested 5 acres of shares, hoping to achieve a bumper harvest of beans this year. Sister Huang, a villager, was full of hope.

As one of the raw materials of snail powder, beans are in great market demand. Seeing this market prospect, the villagers raised 4,6 yuan by themselves, leveled and built 1.2 kilometers of industrial roads, revitalized more than 200 mu of land along the railway, vigorously developed the snail powder supporting industry bean planting, and led the villagers to invest in shares in the form of "village collective + base + farmer", while making maximum use of land resources, allowing villagers and village collectives to increase income, and the output of bean carob mu is expected to be 4000,<> jin.

Villages like Chang'an Tun, which vigorously develop the processing of raw materials for snail powder, are spread throughout Liuzhou. In 2022, Liuzhou City will guide counties and districts to vigorously develop raw material industries such as bamboo shoots, beans, snails, and fungus, and identify 20 demonstration bases for the production of raw materials for snail powder in Liuzhou, with a scale of 55,2 mu, driving an annual income increase of nearly 20,<> yuan per capita for more than <>,<> rural people.

The reporter learned from the Liuzhou Agricultural and Rural Bureau that this year Liuzhou City will continue to actively create a continuous snail powder raw material breeding base, support the primary processing of snail powder raw materials, and plan that in 2023, the city will strive to build 8 new Liuzhou snail powder raw material demonstration bases, and support 3~5 Liuzhou snail powder raw material processing enterprises.

Millet powder big industry

In 2022, the sales revenue of the whole industrial chain of Liuzhou snail powder will be 600.7 billion yuan, and the whole industrial chain will drive more than 30,<> people to employment. Zhang Zhuang, mayor of Liuzhou City, once said in a speech on the "snail powder characteristic industry" that with the development and growth of the industry, it is necessary to further release the "spillover effect" of the industry, give full play to the advantages of industrial driving force, promote the development of raw material planting and breeding in Liuzhou and Guangxi District, help rural revitalization, and realize an industry to drive employment, bring wealth to the masses, and bring fire to the economy.

In order to adhere to the industrial concept of standardization and branding and industrial chain thinking to plan the development of snail powder industry, Liuzhou City has improved the standard system and promoted the standardized development of the industry. Formulate and strictly implement relevant standards, promote the establishment of a standard system for the whole industry chain of snail powder in Liuzhou, comprehensively sort out 6 current applicable standards in 480 subsystems of the whole industry chain of snail powder, and newly study and formulate 2022 local standards in Liuzhou City in 84.

It has also been approved to establish Liuzhou snail powder inspection and testing center, Guangxi Liuzhou snail powder quality inspection center, Guangxi Liuzhou snail powder engineering technology research center, covering the full inspection capacity of prepackaged Liuzhou snail powder products, but also covering the inspection and testing capabilities of raw material safety indicators such as snails and sour shoots, and the current central testing capacity has covered 172 subcategories, 173 products and 2374 project parameters of the whole industrial chain of Liuzhou snail powder.

Since the beginning of this year, Liuzhou has also begun to implement the "six major actions" of the whole industry chain of snail powder, including the "strong brand" action, the action of improving the quality of physical restaurants, the action of improving the quality of raw materials, the action of "online and offline" market expansion, the action of expanding exports, and the action of building an industrial data platform to promote the high-quality development of the whole industry chain of Liuzhou snail powder.

Pang Huimin (Source: Workers' Daily)

Pang Huimin