Honghe Jinping: new hopes of getting rich grow in banana fields with yellow leaf disease

On January 22, the reporter went to Mengla Town, Jinping County for an interview. The whole Mengla Dam, rubber and bananas were planted on a large scale, making Mengla beautiful in winter.

"Mengla bananas have been in the field for more than a decade. In our village, many villagers have planted bananas, and bananas have become the pillar industry of Mengla. But in the past year, some banana trees have contracted yellow leaf disease. Once infected with this disease, this land will not be able to grow bananas." Bai Mingxin, deputy secretary of the party general branch of Mengla Village, Mengla Town, Jinping County, while introducing to the reporter, led the reporter into a chili field next to the banana field.

"in May 2017, we introduced the Chaotian pepper variety 617, which was formally planted in August, and has now formed a pepper planting demonstration base of more than 300 mu." In the introduction of Yang Jie, the head of Jinping County Jinluizi Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., the reporter learned that yellow leaf disease had a significant impact on the local banana planting industry and attracted the attention of the government. began to use some abandoned banana fields to try to plant papaya, eggplant, green knife beans and other crops, all due to technology and sales channels and other reasons can not achieve large-scale promotion and cultivation Finally, it is decided to introduce chili peppers which are suitable for local climate and sell well, adopt automatic drip irrigation and form large-scale planting by using modern advanced agricultural technology and management.

When the reporter approached a pepper tree, he saw that the green branches and green leaves had long been fruitful. "with its unique natural conditions and warm winter climate, it is suitable for the cultivation of vegetables in early spring. This variety of Chaotian pepper was chosen because it is precocious, with a ripening consequence of 7cm long, 1.2cm in diameter, 4g in weight, high yield, crisp taste and moderate spiciness. " After months of groping and planting, Yang Jian has accumulated some experience. He said that in 2018, chili pepper planting is planned to be completed in July and will be listed in November and December, when the market is the best, and in January of the following year, with an income of more than 20,000 yuan per mu.

"the purpose of the pepper planting demonstration base is to show new varieties to farmers, to take the lead in promoting the cultivation of vegetables in early spring, to help farmers increase their income and improve their economic interests." Bai Mingxin said: "now, eight villagers whose banana fields are affected by yellow leaf disease are willing to switch to chili peppers. We provide them with seedlings and chemical fertilizers free of charge, and set up a WeChat group to share technological update programs and pest prevention and treatment methods in the group. While giving them technical support, we can also see their planting feedback for the first time."

"now the workers who come to the fields every day to pick chili peppers are the poor households who have priority in setting up cards in the surrounding stockades, in order to increase their income and help them out of poverty." Wang Xiaoneng, a villager who is picking chili peppers in the chili fields, is a poor household in the Shuitang village of the Mengla village committee. He told reporters: "since September last year, we have been burying pipes, pesticides and fertilizers in the chili fields with a daily wage of 100 yuan. When you are busy, you come almost every day, and it is picking season. If you calculate your wages at the picking price of 2 yuan per kilogram, you can earn about 100 yuan a day. "

"in 2018, through the model of party building + professional cooperatives + bases + farmers, we will strive to expand the planting scale, form a 1000 mu pepper demonstration base, promote the development of deep processing of agricultural products, broaden sales channels, and create our own brand." Bai Mingxin said that by constantly improving cultivation techniques, banana fields originally affected by yellow leaf disease can also "grow" new hopes of becoming rich.