China's sericulture industry transformation urgently needs to break away from "one thread"

For the sustainable development of sericulture industry, there is an urgent need to realize the leap from the traditional single industrial development model of "one cocoon" and "one silk" to the diversified development mode of "one mulberry garden" and "series of resources" through the comprehensive utilization of resources. This is what the reporter recently learned from the national on-site meeting on the comprehensive utilization of sericulture resources held in Yizhou, Guangxi.

China has a history of planting mulberry and sericulture for more than 5000 years, which is the starting point of the "Silk Road" and is still the world's largest sericulture producer and silk exporter. In 2014, more than 8 million households in more than 700 counties across the country planted mulberry and sericulture, and cocoon and silk production accounted for about 80% of the world's total output. However, restricted by understanding, technology and industry, the comprehensive utilization rate of sericulture resources in China was less than 20%. This is not only about the improvement of the comparative efficiency of planting mulberry and sericulture, but also makes the development of sericulture industry face severe challenges.

The comprehensive utilization of sericulture resources is in addition to the traditional industrial development model of "mulberry-silkworm-cocoon-silk-finished product". The purpose of expanding sericulture production from planting mulberry sericulture to production and management activities including mulberry three-dimensional cultivation, cultural tourism and multi-purpose utilization of mulberry leaves, mulberry branches, mulberry fruits, silkworm sand and silkworm rooms is based on modern science and technology and the concept of circular low-carbon economy. Carry on the comprehensive development to the material, biological and cultural resources of each link of the sericulture industry chain.

The comprehensive utilization of sericulture resources has a bright future in the aspects of making the best use of things and increasing farmers' income. Taking the planting and breeding model in Panzhihua area of Sichuan as an example, the normal income of sericulture per mu of sericulture is 3000 yuan per year, plus the income of selling fresh mulberry fruits, processing mulberry leaf tea and mulberry leaf vegetables without sericulture can be increased by 5100 yuan. According to statistics, the output value of diversified utilization of sericulture resources across the country in 2014 was nearly 15.5 billion yuan, an increase of 59 percent over the 5.7 billion yuan in 2010.

In order to speed up the comprehensive utilization of sericulture and promote the transformation and development of the industry, the meeting required sericulture management departments at all levels to formulate a development plan for the comprehensive utilization of sericulture resources in the light of local conditions, so as to guide the various elements of sericulture industry to be further concentrated in the superior production areas; strengthen the research and development of practical technology, popularize the achievements of scientific research to production in time, strengthen technical guidance, and strive to improve the level of production Guide new agricultural operators, such as agricultural cooperatives, family farms and leading enterprises, to participate in the development of comprehensive utilization of sericulture resources, promote large-scale operation and standardized production, and drive farmers to become rich. While developing the comprehensive utilization of sericulture resources, we should strengthen the protection of silkworm variety resources, variety breeding, variety approval and improved seed breeding, standardize the order of sericulture production and management, and promote the sustained and stable development of sericulture production throughout the country.