A record of the Development of Chinese Wolfberry Industry in Jingyuan County

At present, walking into the hundred-mile fertile fields of Xinbaozichuan, thousands of mu standardized wolfberry gardens in Jingyuan County are square and green, as if to build an ecological security barrier; the Chinese wolfberry trees that thrive in the wolfberry orchards are already full of purple or red or white Chinese wolfberry flowers, and the flowers smell refreshing; Qi farmers working in the fields, or watering, or fertilizing, or weeding, faces dripping with sweat, filled with the joy of harvest …...

Jingyuan County's superior natural conditions, long planting history and mature cultivation techniques make Jingyuan wolfberry fresh fruit exquisite, dried fruit dark red, large color fresh, thin skin and thick meat, sweet taste, pure quality, green and safe. Known as "Chinese wolfberry" and "Longshang famous products". In recent years, in accordance with the development idea of "building a base, strengthening standards and playing a brand", Jingyuan County has grasped the Chinese wolfberry industry as the leading industry of enriching the people and strengthening the county, through effective measures such as policy guidance, loan assistance, market pull, science and technology promotion and other effective measures. actively mobilize the planting enthusiasm of the broad masses of farmers, invigorate the industry with the base, take the industry with the base, strive to cultivate superior industries to increase agricultural income, and constantly strengthen the development of Chinese wolfberry industry. With the continuous expansion of the planting scale of Lycium barbarum, the economic benefit has become increasingly prominent.

Up to now, Chinese wolfberry has been planted in 14 villages and towns, including Wuhe, Jing'an, Dongsheng and Beitan, with a planting area of 241000 mu. Relying on Gannong University, the Provincial Academy of Forestry Sciences, and the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences to introduce and popularize 13 excellent varieties and 3 new technologies, we will build a research and development center for Chinese wolfberry, build more than 120 intelligent drying rooms for Chinese wolfberry, build a breeding base of fine seedlings of 500 mu, and cultivate and build 2 organic wolfberry demonstration bases of 10,000 mu, 4 green demonstration bases of 10,000 mu, and 15 pollution-free demonstration bases of 1000 mu. In 2016, a total of 32300 tons of dried fruit were produced, with an output value of 1.48 billion yuan. the per capita income of Chinese wolfberry industry for farmers was about 4000 yuan, accounting for 60 percent of the per capita disposable income of farmers, driving 16000 households and more than 100,000 farmers in the county to shake off poverty and become rich. Chinese wolfberry industry has become a "golden fruit industry" to promote agricultural efficiency, increase farmers' income and rural development in the whole county.

In order to further expand, strengthen, refine and improve the Chinese wolfberry industry, Jingyuan County continues to extend the industrial chain and adopts the methods of attracting investment and financial support. leading Chinese wolfberry processing enterprises such as "Jinqi Fuyuan", "Baiyin Ruiyi", "Gansu Dingxin" and "Jingyuan Qizheng" have been built one after another, and farmers' cooperatives represented by "Plateau Hong" and "Jintian Field" have been built one after another. Cultivate and create "plateau Hong", "Sichuan sentiment strong", "Longyuan Hong", "Jingan", "Ruiyi Qibao" and other well-known brands, and support the establishment of 88 professional cooperatives and 36 registered trademarks of Chinese wolfberry. A series of products such as Chinese wolfberry honey, Chinese wolfberry tea and Chinese wolfberry juice have been developed, and an industrial chain integrating technical research, planting management, intensive processing and product sales has been initially formed. Jingyuan wolfberry has stepped into the road of industrialization, intensification, scale and brand development.

Jingyuan wolfberry successively won honors such as "Ten famous fruits of Gansu Province", "Gold Award of National Agricultural products Expo" and "Gold Award of Shijiazhuang China Forest and Fruit Expo". In 2010, it passed the certification of "National Food Safety Management system" and obtained "Customs Certificate". Obtain the export right; in 2012, it was certified as "National Geographic indication Protection products" by the General Administration of quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. In 2014, it passed the certification of "National Green Food Base Raw material (Lycium barbarum) standardized production Base"; in 2015, "Jingyuan Lycium barbarum" ranked on the Chinese brand value list, with a brand value of 1.38 billion yuan.

It is estimated that by the end of the 13th five-year Plan, the planting area of Jingyuan wolfberry will reach 260000 mu, with an annual output of 65000 tons of dried fruit and an output value of 3.6 billion yuan.

Author: song Bingdi