Yumen City, Gansu Province: flower planting has become a new bright spot for farmers to get rich and increase their income

At the height of summer, walking in the fields of Huangzhawan Township in Yumen City, golden stevia is dazzling, patches of artemisia flowers are blooming in the wind, and bright Persian chrysanthemums are delicate and gorgeous. All kinds of seed production flowers are in full bloom and compete with each other.

Liu Jun, three groups of farmers in Huangzhawan Village, Huangzhawan Township, is a famous local flower grower. Five years ago, he first carried out seed production and flower planting in the village, planting more than 10 mu of all kinds of seed production flowers, with an income of more than 30,000 yuan that year. The considerable economic benefits have given him a lot of confidence, and now flower seed production has become the main industry for him to increase his income and become rich.

"this year, I have planted 30 mu of seed-producing flowers. According to the current market price, one mu of land can earn 4000 yuan a year, which is much higher than that of planting traditional crops." Liu Jun said. Driven by Liu Jun's demonstration, 80% of the farmers in Huangzhawan Village have developed the flower seed production industry.

Xu Xuewu, secretary of the party branch of Huangzhawan Village, was overjoyed by the words: "five or six years ago, very few villagers planted flowers in the village. After trial planting, it was found that the efficiency of the seed production industry was very high, so everyone's enthusiasm was high. Now 40% of the cultivated land in the village is planted with flowers."

In recent years, Yumen City, centering on the goal of "increasing industrial efficiency and increasing farmers' income", has constantly optimized the industrial planting structure and vigorously developed efficient characteristic agriculture based on flower and vegetable seed production. By adopting the combination of centralized seedling cultivation by enterprises and scattered planting by farmers, experimental demonstration and scientific and technological popularization, and relying on seed production enterprises such as Dunhuang seed industry and Jiuquan Lufeng Company, farmers are guided to plant seed production flowers. Up to now, the total area of developing seed production flowers in Huangzhawan, Chijin, Qingquan, Changma and other townships in Yumen City has reached 26000 mu, more than 20 kinds of flower seed production varieties have been developed, and the average income per mu has reached more than 3000 yuan, which has become a new bright spot for farmers to get rich and increase their income.

Yumen City, Gansu Province: flower seed production has become a new bright spot to increase farmers' income

In the middle of summer, walking in the fields of Huangzhawan Township, Yumen City, Gansu Province, golden stevia is dazzling, patches of artemisia flowers are blooming in the wind, and bright Persian chrysanthemums are delicate and gorgeous. All kinds of seed production flowers are in full bloom.

Liu Jun, a farmer in Huangzhawan Village, Huangzhawan Township, is a famous local flower grower. Five years ago, he took the lead in planting seed production flowers in the village, planting more than 10 mu of all kinds of seed production flowers, and his annual income reached more than 30,000 yuan. "I have planted 30 mu of seed-producing flowers this year. According to the current market price, one mu of land can earn 4000 yuan a year, which is far more than the income of planting traditional crops." Driven by Liu Jun's demonstration, 80% of the farmers in Huangzhawan Village and 40% of the cultivated land have developed flower seed production.

In recent years, Yumen City has made great efforts to develop efficient and characteristic agriculture based on flower and vegetable seed production, through the combination of centralized seedling cultivation by enterprises and scattered planting by farmers, experimental demonstration and scientific and technological popularization, and relying on seed production enterprises such as Dunhuang seed industry. actively guide farmers to plant flowers for seed production. At present, the city develops a total area of 26000 mu of flowers for seed production, with more than 20 varieties of flowers and plants, with an average income of more than 3000 yuan per mu, which has become a new bright spot for farmers to get rich and increase their income.