Yuánmíng chrysanthemums and space lotus help Jiangxi farmers make money

Original title: De'an, Jiangxi: Developing characteristic industries to achieve targeted poverty alleviation

On June 28, Wang Dongsheng (front), an industry leader from Lili Tao Village, Wushan Town, De'an County, Jiangxi Province, and other farmers pick lotus seed pods at a space lotus base.

San Nong Zhi Tong Che comprehensive report: Since 2015, with government assistance, Wang Dongsheng of Lili Tao Village, Wushan Town, has established two cooperatives, one for space lotus cultivation and one for Yuánmíng chrysanthemum cultivation. All 201 farming households in the village actively took part, and the output value reached 1 million yuan.

In recent years, De'an County, Jiangxi Province, has taken the "enterprise + cooperative (base) + impoverished households" industrial development model as an important part of targeted poverty alleviation, selected a group of capable industry leaders and industrial projects, and, by advancing the whole township and whole village together, built "one village, one product" characteristic large-scale industrial projects.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Zhenping