The export of cocoon and silk products has been hindered and prices have fallen. Industry pressure has been transmitted to the front-end of the industry; high-quality mulberry orchard land transfer projects have reduced industrial bases and reduced production…
In recent years, the intertwined and superimposed unfavorable factors have created a Liangshan’s sericulture industry’s sprint for high-quality development brings greater challenges. In 2022, Liangshan’s silkworm cocoon and mulberry output increased by 2.7% and 5.7% respectively compared with the previous year, and silkworm farmers’ cocoon and mulberry income increased by 219 million yuan, an increase of 13.2%.
Exploring the reasons why Liangshan sericulture has bucked the trend, we can see the “skeleton” of high-quality development supported by precise measures implemented step by step, and we can feel the endogenous burst of the main body that constitutes the “flesh and blood” of the industry. power. In the face of challenges, the party and government took the lead and the industry gathered together. Liangshan Sericulture jumped to the top and delivered a satisfactory answer to high-quality development.
Unfavorable factors are intertwined
According to Wang Qiming, director of the Liangshan Prefecture Sericulture Industry Development Center, affected by the epidemic and other factors, in recent years, the international cocoon and silk market consumption has been weak, and domestic silk exports have been hindered , prices fell, production companies were under-operated, and the demand for cocoon silk decreased. As an important cocoon and silk production base in China, the development of Liangshan’s sericulture is under tremendous pressure and faces unprecedented challenges.
Ningnan County and Dechang County are the two business cards for the development of sericulture in Liangshan. Ningnan is the “hometown of sericulture in China” and high-grade raw silk is the county’s flagship product. Affected by the epidemic, a large number of orders for raw silk processing companies in the county were canceled. The companies once faced problems such as reduced orders, inventory accumulation, and financial difficulties. Affected by the epidemic, Dechang, which is known as the “Hometown of Mulberries in China”, is also facing difficulties in sourcing mulberries from abroad and falling prices.
In fact, the epidemic is only one of the many challenges facing the sericulture industry in Liangshan. In recent years, major projects across the state have been carried out rapidly, and many high-quality mulberry orchards have been given up for land projects. Only two large power station reservoir areas in the state have flooded and destroyed more than 90,000 acres of high-quality mulberry orchards.
At the same time, the promulgation of the national “non-grain” and “non-agriculture” policies has also brought another challenge to the development of sericulture. Wang Qiming said frankly that as early as more than ten years ago, Liangshan began to experiment with grain and mulberry intercropping, and explored and practiced the relatively mature “6215” grain and mulberry compound planting model. However, in compliance with the new national food security requirements, this model has limited popularity and precision. still needs to be improved.
Under the background of intertwined and overlapping unfavorable factors, the industrial foundation for the development of Liangshan’s sericulture is fragile. The proportion of high-quality, high-yielding and efficient mulberry orchards is not high, there is a shortage of sericulture labor, some sericulture resources are idle, and there is a shortage of industry talents. The situation has been magnified, and Liangshan will inevitably face greater pressure to make up for its shortcomings in the development of sericulture.
Multi-dimensional improvement to break through adversity
“Rural revitalization has brought a lot of opportunities to the development of sericulture. As long as we find the right path and persevere, we will be able to see the light in the face of adversity and open up a new world. .” Wang Qiming expressed the common belief of Liangshan sericulture workers in adversity.
Faith illuminates the way forward, and Liangshan Sericulture moves forward despite adversity.
Targeting the impact of the epidemic on the production and operation of silk enterprises, the sericulture authorities conducted in-depth investigations in various counties and cities. After comprehensive research and judgment, they issued policies for enterprises to stabilize confidence, focus on marketing, strengthen quality, and build reputation. A good remedy.
Under the guidance and support of industry authorities, counties and cities took the initiative to escort the development of local sericulture through difficulties. For example, Dechang County issued the “Ten Emergency Measures to Be Fully Prepared to Deal with the Sluggish Sales of Mulberries Due to the COVID-19 Epidemic” based on the difficulties in sourcing mulberries during the epidemic. With the joint efforts of the state and county sericulture management departments, the “Ten Measures” policy Strength is exploited to its fullest extent.
With the reduction of high-quality mulberry orchards, Liangshan adjusted its development ideas in a timely manner. The state formulated and issued guidance for the development of sericulture, and implemented the task list, responsibility list, and supervision list for sericulture development. Ningshan Nan, Huidong, Dechang, Puge, Ganluo and other counties have solidly promoted the “second revolution” of sericulture, “combined use of fruits and leaves”, “industrial revitalization” and “industrial assistance”, increased support through multiple channels, and taken multiple measures to improve Boost the confidence of silkworm farmers and promote steady growth in silkworm cocoon production.
At the same time, Liangshan aims to improve quality and efficiency and lay a solid foundation for industrial development. Counties and cities have replanted empty mulberry orchards, renovated and upgraded low-yielding mulberry orchards, and carried out key management and protection of abandoned mulberry orchards. At the same time, new mulberry orchards have been built without affecting food production to improve the level of infrastructure construction.
“Now, our mulberry field working roads not only extend in all directions, but are also 3 to 4 meters wide, allowing large vehicles to pass through. The comprehensive production capacity of the mulberry field is much higher than in previous years.” Wang Qiming described The hardware condition of high-quality mulberry gardens after improved infrastructure.
In recent years, Liangshan has continued to increase investment in sericulture. In 2022, it will integrate more than 88 million yuan in funds such as rural revitalization, east-west collaboration, and follow-up industry support, which will be used for high-quality sericulture bases, sericulture facilities, and mulberry production. The construction of park operating roads and irrigation canals, a modern agricultural sericulture park and new sericulture greenhouses have consolidated the industrial foundation, improved sericulture conditions and promoted industrial development. 14,700 acres of mulberry orchards were built across the state, and 28,000 acres of low-yielding mulberry orchards were renovated. The area of mulberry orchards across the state was restored to 490,400 acres.
It is understood that these incremental mulberry orchards are mainly based on the “6215” grain-economic compound planting mulberry garden model. The number of grain-economic compound planting mulberry gardens and fruit and leaf mulberry gardens in the state accounts for half of the total mulberry gardens. above. Relying on this, Liangshan fully implements the national food security and “store grain in the land, store grain in technology” strategy, vigorously promotes the “mulberry + N” intercropping model, and helps farmers.We have found the right path and accumulated experience in harvesting and promoting the coordinated development of grain and mulberry crops.
It is particularly worth mentioning that in the face of development adversity, Liangshan still recognizes that responsibility is more important than the mountain, pays close attention to silkworm seed production management, quality management and business management, constantly improves silkworm seed production conditions, and strives to Improve seed production coefficient and service level. In 2022, the state produced 1.011 million silkworm seeds, with a quality inspection pass rate of 100%, effectively shouldering the important responsibility of ensuring the safety of seeds used in sericulture production.
Innovation leads to stimulate vitality
In recent years, Liangshan has injected innovative power into the “pool of spring water” for the development of sericulture.
On the one hand, focus on mechanism and model innovation, improve and perfect the sericulture development management services, interest linkage, production and operation, assessment and incentives, and regional collaboration mechanisms; innovate and develop grain and mulberry co-ordination, secondary rewards and subsidies, and leasing New models such as silkworm houses and shared silkworm houses. On the other hand, we should comprehensively implement scientific and technological innovation, rely on scientific and technological means such as good varieties, good methods and good opportunities to strive to improve production capacity and product quality, and promote innovation in the promotion and application of new varieties, new technologies, new machines and new models.
In recent years, Liangshan has bred two local mulberry varieties, “Chuanliangmulberry No. 1” and “Chuanliangmulberry No. 2”. This year, another mulberry variety will be submitted for approval. The cultivation and selection of new silkworm varieties are also progressing rapidly. In recent years, the number of local silkworm varieties in Liangshan is expected to reach 1 to 2. In addition, Liangshan ushered in another breakthrough in the co-breeding experiment of artificial feed for silkworms, and the predictive detection of silkworm pathogens was put into operation in the sericulture industry.
Labour-saving and intelligence are another important achievements of Liangshan Science and Technology’s silkworm development. In recent years, Liangshan Sericulture Development has invested heavily in labor-saving facilities and equipment such as electric lifting silkworm tables, ultrasonic humidifiers, and automatic cocoon picking machines. Smart sericulture systems such as smart co-breeding rooms and smart cocoon acquisition are widely used.
Changes in models and business formats have changed the way sericulture has been done for generations, providing a fundamental guarantee for modern large-scale sericulture. As this work continues to deepen, a large number of large sericulture companies have emerged on the front line of mulberry planting and sericulture in Liangshan.
“I have nearly 300 acres of mulberry orchard, and I plan to continue working hard to expand the scale to 500 acres. On the road of sericulture, the more I work, the more confident I am! The more I work, the more energetic I will be!” 2022 Li Yuanhui, a major sericulture farmer in Puge County, has a comprehensive income of 955,000 yuan from sericulture. He became a famous sericulture champion. In the same year, Wang Zuohai, a major sericulture farmer in Ningnan County, and Huang Zhengdong and Sha Guangying, a major sericulture farmer in Ganluo County, also achieved enviable incomes. While doing a good job in production, these large sericulture farmers also actively led the surrounding people to get rich together, playing a good demonstration and leading role in the development of sericulture, becoming another vivid example of Liangshan’s sericulture “a pool of spring water” coming to life. .
Achievement after achievement declares Liangshan Sericulture’s victory in the battle against the odds. In 2023, Liangshan sericulture will start a new journey.
Recently, the State Sericulture Development Center has gone down to the front line to make a detailed breakdown of the sericulture development goals and tasks of each county and city in 2023. All tasks will be carried out under the protection of the “list system” work method. layer implementation.
Overcoming resistance and continuing to move forward, Liangshan’s sericulture industry will write a more magnificent new chapter in its journey of progress.
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