Rice-fish farming yields a double harvest of rice and fish

In recent years, Ulanhot City has stepped up the promotion and application of rice-fish farming technology, which has not only achieved coordinated development of fisheries, agricultural production and the environment, but also provided a good idea for farmers to escape poverty, become prosperous and build a moderately prosperous life.

Now is the best time for netting and harvesting. Walking into the rice-fish farming area of Gucheng Village, Ulan Hada Town, patches of rice glow golden, and carp, grass carp and tilapia shuttle back and forth in the rice fields. “This year I planted 150 mu of rice and stocked 150 mu of rice-field fish. Raising these rice-field fish has increased my yield a lot. Together, the two can increase income by 50,000 to 60,000 yuan,” said Liu Tieming, a member of the village cooperative, happily. At present, the rice-fish farming area in Gucheng Village has grown to 1,500 mu, with output reaching 250,000 kg and output value reaching 2 million yuan.

This year, through policy support, typical demonstrations, supporting services and other means, Ulanhot City has promoted 10,000 mu of rice-fish farming in 18 gacha villages, and provided farmers with 160,000 fish fry free of charge. The 10,000-mu rice-fish farming project is expected to increase rice output by nearly 400,000 jin and harvest 100,000 jin of field fish, allowing farmers to increase income by 1.85 million yuan. According to Wang Shoufeng, head of the aquatic products workstation of the Ulanhot City Water Affairs Bureau, the rice-fish farming area in Ulanhot City has increased from the initial 1,500 mu to 10,000 mu, and the cultured varieties are also increasing year by year. Next, the Ulanhot City Water Affairs Bureau will do a good job in technical services and further expand the rice-fish farming area, so that more farmers can increase production and income.