Rural economic development in Kang County, Gansu, is on a sound track and showing steady improvement
Rural economic development in Kang County, Gansu, is on a sound track
(Agricultural Wealth Network) Since the beginning of this year, Kang County has persisted in grasping both post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and rural economic development. Following the characteristic industry development approach of "walnut across the county, tea in the south and mulberry in the north," it has further accelerated the expansion of industrial base scale, enhanced the production and operation capacity of leading enterprises, vigorously implemented the development strategy driven by strong villages and large households, and continuously expanded the base scale. Agricultural and rural work has advanced steadily, and the county's rural economy has shown a good development trend. In the first half of this year, the county achieved a total agricultural output value of 11,809 million yuan, an increase of 5.4% over the same period in 2008, with the growth rate up 4.8 percentage points.
In accelerating rural economic development, Kang County has fully implemented policies benefiting farmers. In the first half of this year, it issued 13.18 million yuan in direct grain subsidies and delivered 4.052 million yuan in various agricultural machinery subsidies. At the same time, it consolidated and stabilized grain sown area, strengthened field management, and implemented a spring sowing area of 236,300 mu. This year's summer grain output reached 31,174 tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.6%. It vigorously developed characteristic industries. In the first half of the year, it newly developed 32,000 mu of walnuts, 38,000 mu of Sichuan pepper, and 3,000 mu of olives, and replanted 38,700 mu of walnuts; planted 60,000 mu of potatoes, 5,000 mu of Chinese medicinal herbs, 11,000 mu of vegetables, and 6,000 mu of grass. The county's three major industrial bases of walnut, tea, and sericulture reached 632,000 mu, 65,000 mu, and 49,200 mu respectively, further expanding the industrial bases. It produced and processed 210,000 kg of commodity tea, realizing an output value of 21 million yuan, up 16.7% from the same period last year; raised 1,900 sheets of silkworms, produced 76,000 kg of fresh cocoons, and farmers' cocoon income was 1.368 million yuan, up 15.2% from the same period last year. It built 1 new comprehensive agricultural development demonstration park, developed 2 farmers' specialized cooperative economic organizations, established 26 agricultural standardization demonstration sites, and developed 20 specialized villages for characteristic industries and 811 specialized large households. The total output value of agricultural characteristic industries reached 99.16 million yuan, or 558 yuan per capita, up 17.6% from the same period last year. While actively developing livestock and poultry breeding, it strengthened the prevention and control of livestock and poultry diseases, ensuring the healthy development of the livestock industry. In the first half of the year, the county's livestock and poultry inventory was 532,400 head (birds), a year-on-year increase of 5.8%; the number of commercial livestock and poultry sold was 283,000 head (birds), a year-on-year increase of 6.3%; and the total output of meat, eggs, and milk was 3,286 tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%. At the same time, Kang County also combined rural post-disaster reconstruction with poverty alleviation and development, vigorously strengthened rural infrastructure construction, strived to improve basic rural conditions, and focused on supporting facility construction projects in 55 key post-disaster recovery and reconstruction villages. It built 2,346 new biogas digesters, implemented 3 whole-village poverty alleviation demonstration sites and 7 post-disaster reconstruction relocation demonstration sites in Hejiawan Village of Taishi Township, Liba Village of Douping Township, and Guangou Village of Pingluo Town in the Western Han River basin, and organized and mobilized cadres and the masses throughout the county to complete 2.7 mu of ecological forest construction in one go in spring, accounting for 108% of the 25,000 mu task; completed 1,200 mu of spring voluntary tree planting. It vigorously grasped water conservancy and embankment project construction, completed 16 water conservancy projects, newly built 4,759 m of river embankments, protected 14 villages and 2,120 mu of cultivated land; completed 26 water supply projects, solving drinking water difficulties for 8,130 people and 1,882 large livestock. It newly built 6,400 mu of terraced fields converted from sloping land, newly planted 5,400 mu of soil and water conservation forest and 5,500 mu of economic fruit forest, closed 27,000 mu of hillsides for forest cultivation, and completed 23 gully treatment projects, further enhancing agriculture's ability to resist natural disasters.
In accelerating rural economic development, Kang County has fully implemented policies benefiting farmers. In the first half of this year, it issued 13.18 million yuan in direct grain subsidies and delivered 4.052 million yuan in various agricultural machinery subsidies. At the same time, it consolidated and stabilized grain sown area, strengthened field management, and implemented a spring sowing area of 236,300 mu. This year's summer grain output reached 31,174 tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.6%. It vigorously developed characteristic industries. In the first half of the year, it newly developed 32,000 mu of walnuts, 38,000 mu of Sichuan pepper, and 3,000 mu of olives, and replanted 38,700 mu of walnuts; planted 60,000 mu of potatoes, 5,000 mu of Chinese medicinal herbs, 11,000 mu of vegetables, and 6,000 mu of grass. The county's three major industrial bases of walnut, tea, and sericulture reached 632,000 mu, 65,000 mu, and 49,200 mu respectively, further expanding the industrial bases. It produced and processed 210,000 kg of commodity tea, realizing an output value of 21 million yuan, up 16.7% from the same period last year; raised 1,900 sheets of silkworms, produced 76,000 kg of fresh cocoons, and farmers' cocoon income was 1.368 million yuan, up 15.2% from the same period last year. It built 1 new comprehensive agricultural development demonstration park, developed 2 farmers' specialized cooperative economic organizations, established 26 agricultural standardization demonstration sites, and developed 20 specialized villages for characteristic industries and 811 specialized large households. The total output value of agricultural characteristic industries reached 99.16 million yuan, or 558 yuan per capita, up 17.6% from the same period last year. While actively developing livestock and poultry breeding, it strengthened the prevention and control of livestock and poultry diseases, ensuring the healthy development of the livestock industry. In the first half of the year, the county's livestock and poultry inventory was 532,400 head (birds), a year-on-year increase of 5.8%; the number of commercial livestock and poultry sold was 283,000 head (birds), a year-on-year increase of 6.3%; and the total output of meat, eggs, and milk was 3,286 tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%. At the same time, Kang County also combined rural post-disaster reconstruction with poverty alleviation and development, vigorously strengthened rural infrastructure construction, strived to improve basic rural conditions, and focused on supporting facility construction projects in 55 key post-disaster recovery and reconstruction villages. It built 2,346 new biogas digesters, implemented 3 whole-village poverty alleviation demonstration sites and 7 post-disaster reconstruction relocation demonstration sites in Hejiawan Village of Taishi Township, Liba Village of Douping Township, and Guangou Village of Pingluo Town in the Western Han River basin, and organized and mobilized cadres and the masses throughout the county to complete 2.7 mu of ecological forest construction in one go in spring, accounting for 108% of the 25,000 mu task; completed 1,200 mu of spring voluntary tree planting. It vigorously grasped water conservancy and embankment project construction, completed 16 water conservancy projects, newly built 4,759 m of river embankments, protected 14 villages and 2,120 mu of cultivated land; completed 26 water supply projects, solving drinking water difficulties for 8,130 people and 1,882 large livestock. It newly built 6,400 mu of terraced fields converted from sloping land, newly planted 5,400 mu of soil and water conservation forest and 5,500 mu of economic fruit forest, closed 27,000 mu of hillsides for forest cultivation, and completed 23 gully treatment projects, further enhancing agriculture's ability to resist natural disasters.