140 central modern agricultural production development fund projects receive financial support
Reporter: Weng Jie, Correspondent: He Fashun. The reporter recently learned from the Provincial Department of Finance that this year's 140 central modern agricultural production development fund projects have produced notable construction results, and as of now more than 570 million yuan has actually been invested in the projects.
It is reported that this year the central modern agricultural production development fund was mainly directed toward key projects such as the rice industry, fish industry, woody oil industry, and tea industry. Among them, the rice industry upgrading project areas have completed a cumulative investment of 214.68 million yuan, improving the field infrastructure of grain production functional zones and building a total of 157 seedling-raising centers and drying centers; the fish industry upgrading projects have completed a cumulative investment of 138.88 million yuan, with the total output value of the project areas expected to reach 456.78 million yuan and breeding benefits of 126.75 million yuan, and the area driven by the projects exceeding 100,000 mu; 11 tea industry upgrading projects have completed a cumulative investment of 54.35 million yuan, with the supporting infrastructure completion rate of the bases exceeding 80 percent, and the tea output value of the project areas expected to reach 302.85 million yuan.
In addition, the 36 woody oil industry upgrading projects have shown a particularly notable effect in helping farmers increase income. “After entering the full production period, the core areas of the projects are expected to add an annual output value of more than 30,000 yuan per mu.” A relevant official of the Provincial Department of Finance introduced that, in light of the actual conditions of the oil tea, hickory, and Chinese torreya industries, the province's newly implemented projects have completed 67,361 mu of improved-variety promotion demonstrations for the woody oil industry and 28,589.5 mu of oil tea improved-variety demonstration bases, effectively driving farmers in mountainous areas to increase income and become better off.