Rural land reform holds up farmers'"dream of becoming rich"

Sugar oranges are planted one after another, fruits and vegetables are lined up in greenhouses, and organic rice forms a "green dam".... In Xiangzhou County, Guangxi Province, the pilot county of rural land rights registration across the country, with the development of land rights determination and other reform work, rural land circulation and large-scale operation have been significantly accelerated. Some farmers have become "bosses", while others have become "industrial workers" while collecting land rent, realizing the "dream of becoming rich" on their doorstep and promoting the great development of modern agriculture.

The "working girl" is the leader of the "boss" cooperative "the first to eat crabs" in front of her home.

Using iPhone5S, she speaks fluent Mandarin, and the villagers often call her "Boss Qin". Although Qin Xiukui, 39, from Fengyang Village, Zhongping Town, Xiangzhou County, has only a junior high school education, she does not want to work outside for a long time. In 2008, she resigned from a clothing factory in Guangdong and went home to see the opportunity of a new round of rural land ownership. He rented 80 mu of land in one breath to grow sugar oranges.

After Xiangzhou County became a national pilot county for the registration of rural land rights in 2012, two villages were first selected in Zhongping Town, and the pilot project was carried out in Baizhang Township in 2013. at present, 11 townships in the county have launched the pilot work in an all-round way. The confirmation of land rights, the determination of people's minds, and the opening of large-scale land transfer.

In March 2014, Qin Xiukui contracted 80 mu of arable land to more than 60 villagers with a 12-year lease at an annual rent of 700 yuan per mu. Qin Xiukui calculated an account for the reporter: 80 mu of sugar oranges produce 100000 kilograms of oranges per year, 12 yuan per kilogram. Apart from the investment of about 10, 000 yuan per mu of labor and fertilizer, the total annual income is more than 400000 yuan.

It is not a unique instance, but has its counterpart. For example, there are "bosses" of co-operatives in towns and towns. In the production demonstration area of the agricultural products planting and circulation professional cooperative in Lufeng Garden in Xiangzhou County, the reporter saw that modern agricultural technologies such as plant growth lights and "integration of water and fertilizer" were basically adopted here. Watermelons and cantaloupes blossomed in the greenhouse, and the staff were busy pollinating; in the greenhouse on one side, workers were picking tomatoes and cucumbers and dragged them into cold storage after filling their cars, which were planned to be sold to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

This is a cooperative created through land transfer. The leader of the cooperative is Huang Xiaolong, a 31-year-old young farmer. In 2012, Huang Xiaolong set up a vegetable planting and circulation base in Green Fengyuan Garden with real estate mortgage loans and contracted land. "at first, few villagers thought that contracting land to build a base would work." Huang Xiaolong said. Relying on land transfer, the cooperative now owns 1100 mu of land.

The "Green Fengyuan" brand has gradually become famous, occupying a certain market share in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and other places. In 2014, it was awarded the "National Farmers' Cooperative demonstration Society" by nine ministries, including the Ministry of Agriculture. Liao Bingchun, deputy director of the Agricultural Bureau of Xiangzhou County, said: with the new round of rural land reform, there are great prospects for the development of modern agriculture in the form of cooperatives, and 160 specialized farmers' cooperatives have been set up in the county.

"lost land" farmers who sit and collect land rent are transformed into "industrial workers"

Huang Yanzhi, a villager of Fengyang Village, transferred his 4 mu of land to Qin Xiukui. "in the past, when growing rice, one mu of land could only earn 300 to 400 yuan a year, but now it is contracted out to ensure a harvest of 700 yuan per mu per year by drought and flood." Said Huang Yanzhi, 64.

While farmers such as Qin Xiukui realize their "boss's dream" on their doorstep, "landless" farmers like Huang Yanzhi have realized their "dream of becoming rich" by collecting land rent. Qin Xiukui's planting base regularly employs five villagers every day, and as many as 30 villagers come to the base to work every day during the busy agricultural season.

Tan Yanjiao, a 59-year-old villager from Fengyang Village, finished her family's farm work and came to work at Qin Xiukui's sugar orange base. Weeding, fertilizing 80 yuan a day, basically something to do every day. "you can't go out to work when you're too old," she said. "it's easy to find a job nearby, adding a considerable amount of income to your family."

The co-operatives run by Huang Xiaolong also attract a large number of farmers to come to work. At present, more than 60 "regular workers" come to work, and at most, more than 80 villagers come to do odd jobs. "if you want to be rich, there is no point in getting rich alone." Huang Xiaolong said.

In Huang Xiaolong's cooperative production demonstration zone, Qin Guiping is pollinating cantaloupe. She said that she can earn 2000 yuan a month working in a cooperative, which is similar to the income of working in Guangdong two years ago, and she can still take care of her family.

Baizhang Township has promoted the transfer of more than 8000 mu of land since 2013, accounting for more than 40% of the paddy field area of the township. Township head Qin Fuwen said: the Guangxi Zhuang Grain Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., introduced last year, transferred to 2800 mu of paddy fields to plant organic rice, and the company contracted to local farmers for production management. farmers can get a rent of 720 yuan per mu and a management salary of more than 1000 yuan per mu a year. At the same time, if the organic rice managed by farmers reaches more than the prescribed yield per mu, they can also get dividends and commissions.

The tendency of "non-agriculturalization" of "high-end" agricultural products should be prevented.

In Baizhang Township, Xiangzhou County, many villagers talked about a kind of organic rice that is very "high-end" and can be sold for 60 yuan per kilogram.

The reporter saw lush organic rice planted in Shangfu Village and Xiafu Village in Baizhang Township. After the determination of land rights, a large number of paddy fields in Baizhang Township were transferred to organic rice planting companies and planted organic rice with no pesticide residues and no heavy metal pollution.

Wei Fuhua, director of Shangfu Village in Baizhang Township, said: "it is said on TV that in many places, the post-70s generation does not want to farm and the post-80s generation will not farm. We are very different here. Many young and middle-aged people who go out to work return to their hometown to plant organic rice."

Zhou Guibin, a villager of Bohou Village, Baizhang Township, transferred more than 2 mu of paddy fields to the organic rice planting base in Baizhang Township, charging 720 yuan per mu per year, but also managing 70 mu of organic rice for the boss. "Managing rice can earn 70,000 yuan a year in management fees." Zhou Guibin said.

Zhao Dezheng, deputy general manager of Honghua Organic Rice Co., Ltd., for example, told the reporter that farmers only care about planting, selling and branding. At present, the company's organic rice is mainly sold to Guangdong, Shanghai and other places, and there is still room for price growth.

Huang Shuncheng, secretary of the party committee of Baizhang Township, said: "of the 8000 mu of land that has been transferred in Baizhang Township, 6000 mu is used to grow organic rice and strive to achieve full coverage of 20, 000 mu within two years."

Liang Chao, member of the standing Committee of the Xiangzhou County CPC Committee and deputy county magistrate, said that at present, the land transfer area of the county is 117000 mu, accounting for 11% of the county's cultivated land area. With the promotion of a new round of rural reform, the protagonists of land cultivation in the future will be large growers, farmers' cooperatives, family farms and modern agricultural enterprises. "however, the transferred land needs to prevent the tendency of 'non-agriculturalization'."