Flower cultivation becomes a new highlight for farmers' prosperity and income growth in Yumen, Gansu
In the height of summer, strolling through the fields of Huangzhanwan Township in Yumen City, golden stevia glows brilliantly, patches of garland chrysanthemum flowers bloom in the wind, and vivid cosmos flowers are delicately beautiful…… All kinds of seed-production flowers bloom to the fullest, each striving to outshine the others.
Liu Jun, a farmer from Group 3 of Huangzhanwan Village in Huangzhanwan Township, is a well-known local large-scale grower of seed-production flowers. Five years ago, he was the first in the village to start growing seed-production flowers, cultivating more than 10 mu of various seed-production flowers and earning more than 30,000 yuan that year. The considerable economic returns gave him great confidence, and today flower seed production has become his main industry for increasing income and achieving prosperity.
"This year I planted 30 mu of seed-production flowers. At the current market price, one mu can bring in 4,000 yuan a year, far more than growing traditional crops." Liu Jun said. Under Liu Jun's demonstration and leadership, 80% of the farmers in Huangzhanwan Village have developed the flower seed production industry.
Xu Xuewu, Party branch secretary of Huangzhanwan Village, could not hide his delight: "Five or six years ago, very few villagers grew seed-production flowers. After trial planting showed that the seed production industry was highly profitable, everyone's enthusiasm soared. Now 40% of the village's farmland is planted with flowers."
In recent years, Yumen City has focused on the goal of "increasing industry efficiency and raising farmers' incomes," continuously optimizing the industrial planting structure, and vigorously developing efficient and distinctive agriculture based mainly on flower and vegetable seed production. By combining centralized seedling cultivation by enterprises with dispersed planting by farmers, and integrating experimental demonstration with the spread of science and technology, and relying on seed companies such as Dunhuang Seed and Jiuquan Lvfeng Company, it has guided farmers to grow seed-production flowers. To date, the total area of seed-production flowers developed in townships such as Huangzhanwan, Chijin, Qingquan and Changma in Yumen City has reached 26,000 mu, with more than 20 varieties of flower seed production developed, and an average return of more than 3,000 yuan per mu, becoming a new highlight for farmers' prosperity and income growth.
Yumen City, Gansu Province: Flower seed production becomes a new highlight for farmers' income growth
Our newspaper reports: In the height of summer, strolling through the fields of Huangzhanwan Township in Yumen City, Gansu Province, golden stevia glows brilliantly, patches of garland chrysanthemum flowers bloom in the wind, and vivid cosmos flowers are delicately beautiful…… All kinds of seed-production flowers bloom to the fullest.
Liu Jun, a farmer in Huangzhanwan Village, Huangzhanwan Township, is a well-known local large-scale grower of seed-production flowers. Five years ago, he was the first in the village to take up growing seed-production flowers, cultivating more than 10 mu of various seed-production flowers, and that year his income reached more than 30,000 yuan. "This year I planted 30 mu of seed-production flowers. At the current market price, one mu can bring in 4,000 yuan a year, far more than growing traditional crops." Under Liu Jun's demonstration and leadership, today 80% of the farmers and 40% of the farmland in Huangzhanwan Village have developed flower seed production.
In recent years, Yumen City has vigorously developed efficient and distinctive agriculture based mainly on flower and vegetable seed production. By combining centralized seedling cultivation by enterprises with dispersed planting by farmers, and integrating experimental demonstration with the spread of science and technology, and relying on seed companies such as Dunhuang Seed, it has actively guided farmers to grow seed-production flowers. At present, the city has developed a total area of 26,000 mu of seed-production flowers, with more than 20 varieties of flower seed production, and an average return of more than 3,000 yuan per mu, becoming a new highlight for farmers' prosperity and income growth.