Henan mushroom farmers lease floodplain woodland to develop Lentinus edodes economy under the forest

Recently, the bag mushroom developed by Shunlin Edible Mushroom Professional Cooperative in Lushi County, Henan Province is very popular. It is understood that since last year, the cooperative has successively leased more than 700 mu of river beach woodland in Zhang Village, Wang Village, Wenyu Township and Su Village, Fan Li Town to grow Lentinus edodes. This measure has not only developed the economy under the forest, increased the economic income of the local people, but also improved the local ecological environment. Here, people can see the natural Lentinus edodes farm under the forest with their own eyes. you can also learn about the brand-new under-forest planting model of forest fungi.

Lushi County, Henan Province is a national forestry ecological demonstration county, with a forest coverage rate as high as 69.34%. Since 2015, Lushi County Forestry Bureau has taken the initiative to adapt to the new normal of the development of ecological civilization, taking the strategic development plan of serving the whole county as the center, closely centering on the overall orientation of "strong county with characteristic agriculture", and giving prominence to the development of forestry industry. cultivate and develop economic industries under the forest according to local conditions. They adopt the innovative development model of "professional cooperative organizations + bases + farmers", give support and active coordination in the aspects of funds, technology, seedlings, seeds and information, and encourage forest farmers to develop under-forest planting and breeding industry. explore "forest fruit", "forest grass", "forest fungus", "forest medicine", "forest poultry", "forest livestock" and other development models, built a "green bank" in the forest area. The economic industry under the forest has been developed into a new green industry, and a new pattern of three-dimensional forestry, circular forestry and intensive forestry has been formed, and forest farmers have happily shared the "ecological dividend". Forest farmers have achieved the goal of "getting rich without cutting down trees", and the economic output value under the forest has reached 1.15 billion yuan in the whole year, effectively promoting the sustained, healthy and rapid development of the county economy and society.

The mushroom farmers of Shunlin Edible Mushroom Professional Cooperative in Lushi County, Henan Province, driven by the new economic model, actively responded to the government's call to develop the economic industry under the forest, kept pace with the times, realized the combination of innovation and practice, and achieved remarkable economic benefits.