How do the strawberries here lead the country?

Starting from Dandong, China's largest border city, the reporter drove to Donggang City on the banks of the Yalu River, where strawberry sheds flashed out of the car window from time to time. Although it has reached the late stage of strawberry supply on the market, farmers can still be seen busy in the greenhouse, and brokers who come to various villages and towns in Donggang City to buy strawberries are also in an endless stream. Through their hands, Donggang strawberries were sold to all parts of the country and even Europe and the United States, Japan and South Korea and other countries.

In recent years, the strawberry industry in Donggang has developed rapidly, with policy and financial support from the government, leading enterprises, cooperatives and growers working together for development, together with the help of scientific research and technology, and the escort of supervision, law enforcement and quality inspection, so that this industry has formed a development model of standardization, scale and industrialization, which has emerged as a new force and leads the country.

"grasp the strawberry industry with emotion from top to bottom."

From the introduction of foreign varieties to China's largest strawberry production and export base, from a hundred years of planting history to "the first county of strawberries in China", Donggang strawberry industry takes the lead in terms of area, output and output value.

"I planted strawberries in six sheds from September to December of that year, and the supply of strawberries will last until June of the following year. In one production cycle, the income of six greenhouses is more than 600,000 yuan. I've been growing strawberries for five years, and I'm passionate about it. " Chi Linguo, the owner of Chi Family Strawberry in Mamulin Village, Helong Township, says that in addition to wholesale and retail and running Nongjiale, he has now opened a micro-shop online.

With the expansion of the planting scale, Chi Linguo's family are all involved in the cultivation and management of strawberries. In his words, "Today, we are practicing family management."

According to Liu Zuoren, director of the Rural Economic Bureau of Donggang City, Donggang has a history of growing strawberries for nearly a century. At present, the planting area of strawberries in the city has reached 168000 mu, with an annual output of 410000 tons and an annual output value of 4.2 billion yuan. There are 90, 000 strawberry growers in the city, nearly 200000 people are employed in the whole industry chain, and the per capita net income of farmers reaches 6000 yuan. "it can be said that Donggang strawberries lead the country in terms of area, output, output value and other indicators, and the strawberry industry has become an important pillar industry of Donggang agricultural economy."

Sun Lijun of Lijiadian Village, Yihuan Town, is a famous strawberry grower. The strawberries grown by his family are large, delicious and good-looking, which attracts farmers around him to come for advice. "on weekdays, everyone communicates with each other to see whose strawberries are better. Talking about strawberries and growing strawberries has become the most common topic for all of us. " Now, Sun Lijun leases land and hires people to expand strawberry cultivation and strengthen management.

In addition to fresh food, more than 100 fruit processing enterprises in Donggang have developed high value-added products such as canned strawberries, jam, fruit juices and frozen strawberries. "We have our own strawberry planting base, and we also buy orders with farmers every year, accounting for 60% of the company's processing demand." Wang Jiao, deputy general manager of Liaoning Guangtian Food Co., Ltd., said that when it encounters unfavorable market conditions in individual years, the company always insists on purchasing orders with farmers in order to protect farmers' enthusiasm for planting and maintain the vitality of Donggang strawberry industry.

"with a good geographical environment and superior climatic conditions, Donggang has the natural advantage of developing strawberry industry. Throughout the city, from the municipal party committee and municipal government to the villages and towns and rural areas, we grasp the development of strawberries from everyone's consciousness and do strawberry work with feelings, in order to make the strawberry industry a rich industry. " Zhu Liande, deputy mayor of Donggang City, said.

During the interview, the reporter heard such a story: in order to open up the development of strawberries in Donggang, the government personally contacted the point of sale, and in order to install more strawberries, they unloaded all the seats in the van in order to help farmers sell more money. Today, the development of strawberry industry in Donggang has become more and more mature, from growers, brokers, cooperatives, family farms to leading enterprises, the coordinated development of various operators has formed a complete industrial chain.

"all our growers are technicians."

From "bringing" foreign technology to leading the world in strawberry technology, from the establishment of the country's first strawberry science and technology research institute to speeding up scientific and technological research, achievement transformation and full coverage of township science and technology training, Donggang strawberry industry has mastered the core technology.

As a kind of herbaceous berry fruit, strawberry is fragile and difficult to grow. Good varieties and scientific planting methods directly affect the appearance, taste and yield of strawberries. Only scientific, standardized and large-scale production can have good quality and good benefits.

"in order to improve the soil fertility, we crushed the straw and returned it to the field. In order to prevent the soil from hardening, we hardly used chemical fertilizer, but used farm manure such as horse dung." Reporters visited a number of strawberry greenhouses, growers have told reporters about the same practice.

The reason why farmers can develop scientific planting habits stems from the industrial development idea of "revitalizing industry through science and technology" in Donggang. As early as 1991, Donggang City established the country's first county-level strawberry research institute. With the continuous growth of the strawberry industry, in 2013, they established Liaoning Strawberry Science and Technology Research Institute, which is based in Liaoning, exclusive in the country and first-class in the world, and integrates strawberry scientific research, technology promotion, seedling production and fresh-keeping packaging technology research and development.