China News Service, Anhui, Lu'an, April 27th (Reporter Zhang Qiang) In late April, the midday afternoon in the Huaihe area was already hot. In a crayfish trading center in Sanliu Township, Huoqiu County, Anhui Province, boxes of large, fresh crayfish are stacked neatly, waiting for employees to pack and ship.

　　Li Fangchuan, the owner of the trading center, told reporters that these crayfish were just acquired from farmers on the same day. They were delivered at noon and could be served on the tables of restaurants in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in the evening.

Guo Zhengan, a villager in Shidian Town, Huoqiu County, is feeding his ephedra chicken. Zhang Qiangshe

　　Huoqiu County is located in the northern foothills of Dabie Mountains and the south bank of the middle reaches of the Huaihe River. It is an old revolutionary area, a flood storage area along the Huaihe River, a key county for national poverty alleviation and development, and an extremely poor county in Anhui Province.

　　In recent years, Huoqiu County has adapted to local conditions, and vigorously developed rice and shrimp farming and other specialty breeding industries, driving people to achieve poverty alleviation and prosperity. At present, Huoqiu County has accumulated 168,000 people out of poverty, and the incidence of poverty has dropped from 12.5% ​​in 2014 when the card was established to 0.26%.

　　Recently, the Anhui Provincial Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development announced to the province the list of poverty-stricken counties in 2019. 9 counties (districts) including Huoqiu County met the criteria for poverty-stricken counties and planned to withdraw from the poverty-stricken counties.

　　The reporter saw in Sanliu Township, Huoqiu County that the crayfish-related shops in the market town can be seen everywhere; when looking at the fields, crayfish are kept in the farmland, and at noon, the crayfish are floating in the fields and basking in the sun.

Li Fangchuan said that employees in the crayfish shop are packing crayfish. Zhang Qiangshe

　　Li Fangchuan has been engaged in crayfish trading for more than 30 years. He told reporters that in another week, the peak season for crayfish production will come, when he can sell about 30,000 catties a day. Now Sanliu Township is basically raising crayfish in every household. "We usually start buying from farmers at 3am, then pack and ship, and we have to be busy until the evening."

　　Most of Li Fanchuan's crayfish are sold outside Shanghai, Ningbo and Harbin. Legend of Li Fang: "Before selling crayfish, they all went out to run their own customers. Later, the government helped to promote and build platforms. Now the outside vendors are actively asking me to place orders. Our crayfish are not worried about selling."

　　"Before the crayfish were raised, the two bungalows in the house were still leaking rain. After several years of farming crayfish, the income has increased significantly, and now live in a building." Shi Qingsong, who lives in Sanliu Township, was classified as a poor household in 2014. Crayfish, he actively applied for poverty alleviation in 2016.

Shops related to crayfish can be seen everywhere in the market town of Sanliu Township, Huoqiu County. Zhang Qiangshe

　　According to Shi Qingsong, the annual income of crayfish farming per acre of farmland is about 3,000 yuan. He has contracted 50 acres of farmland. After the crayfish went out of the market and the rice was collected, Shi Qingsong went outside to do odd jobs. "We have no pesticides in rice and shrimp farming, and the quality of rice is good. As our Huoqiu shrimp and rice become more and more popular, our income will definitely get better and better."

　　Today, Huoqiu County is known as "China's first county of ecological rice and shrimps", with a total area of ​​510,000 mu of rice and shrimps. It has successively registered 29 shrimp rice trademarks and 8 aquatic product trademarks. In 2018, the comprehensive output value of the rice and shrimp industry in Huoqiu County reached 1.8 billion yuan, and integrated rice and fish farming increased farmers' income by 600 million yuan. Among them, 12,000 poor households achieved stable poverty alleviation through integrated rice and shrimp breeding.

Vendors are buying crayfish. Zhang Qiangshe

　　In addition, Huoqiu County's breeding model is derived from the original single rice-shrimp rotation, combining rice with fish, shrimp, lotus, prawn, and wild rice with lobster. The area and yield of lobster in rice fields are the highest. First in Anhui Province.

　　Like the comprehensive breeding of rice and shrimp, ephedra chicken farming is also a "killer" for getting rid of poverty and getting rich in Huoqiu County. In 2019 alone, there were 39,000 impoverished households in Huoqiu County engaged in ephedra chicken farming, and each household's income increased by about 3,000 yuan.

　　Guo Zhengan, a villager in Shidian Town, Huoqiu County, was classified as a poor household because of a chronic disease. Later, he achieved poverty alleviation through the breeding of ephedra chicken and rice shrimp in 2017. When the reporter saw him, he was feeding ephedra chicken. In 2019, Guo Zhengan raised more than 200 ephedra chickens and sold them for about 25 yuan per catty.

Li Fangchuan's employees are packing crayfish. Zhang Qiangshe

　　Behind the courtyard house of Guo Zhengan's family, he not only raised ephedra chickens, but also geese, ducks, eels, etc. He would raise whatever he earned. Guo Zhengan introduced, “Since being listed as a poor household, I basically do n’t spend money on going to the hospital. In 2017, I boldly borrowed a 50,000 yuan interest-free loan from the government and contracted nearly 40 acres of rice to engage in rice and shrimp farming. "

　　Now, Guo Zhengan is getting more and more active, life is more and more prosperous. He said that if his body allowed this year, he would raise more ephedra chickens and ducks.

The lobster is packed and ready to be sent. Zhang Qiangshe

　　Since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic this year, with the closure of the market and the closed management of villages, five leading poor-owned enterprises in Huoqiu County have sold 700,000 ephedra chicks. Poor households have a demand for chicks but no way to buy them. Aiming at the current situation of "difficulty in buying and selling" chicks, Huoqiu County solved the contradiction between supply and demand between enterprises and poor households through the government. In order to encourage poor households to develop their enthusiasm, the chickens purchased by poor households during the epidemic will be subsidized at a standard rate of 2 yuan each, with a maximum subsidy of 200 yuan per household.

　　Anhui Muxiang Poultry Industry Co., Ltd. has four breeding bases in Huoqiu County, which has driven more than 10,000 poor households in Huoqiu County to raise ephedra chickens. The company's chairman Ma Guoyong introduced that the breeding base in Shidian Town started construction and put into operation at the end of 2018, bringing a total of more than 400,000 yuan to the collective economy of the two nearby villages, and driving more than 300 households in the two nearby villages Household breeding ephedra chicken.

At present, Huoqiu County is known as "China's first county for ecological rice and shrimps", with a total area of ​​510,000 mu of rice and shrimps. Zhang Qiangshe

　　Ma Guoyong said that Huoqiu ephedra chicken is a national geographical indication product, rich in amino acids, and ephedra chicken eggs are rich in selenium. The Shidian Town Base introduces advanced German equipment and management experience, and can raise 50,000 chickens per person. "Ephedra chicken is a local breed of Huoqiu, so the next step is to build and upgrade the brand of Huoqiu yellow chicken and push it to the first and second-tier cities in Anhui province and the whole country." (End)