Shiyang Town, Dayao County: Poverty Alleviation Rose

In May, in Shiyang Town, Dayao County, more than 2000 mu of Phnom Penh roses were in full bloom, and florists were picking and transporting flowers in the fragrant rose fields, laughing and laughing constantly in the village committees of Guojia, Yongfeng, and Lazarmo in Dayao County.

Through the land transfer, the company + base + cooperative mode of production, plant processing market promising edible Phnom Penh rose series products, absorb farmers, poor households to plant Phnom Penh roses. In addition to collecting land rent, farmers and poor households also work in their own fields to receive wages to promote farmers' income and become rich. A number of poor households in Shiyang Town, Dayao County have a stable income.

On May 29, the "Flower incident" of he Liping, a member of the Zhao Temple Group of the Guojia Village Committee, has just come to an end, from picking flowers to pruning, in preparation for next month's flower picking. "A total of 525kg of flowers were collected in the first quarter, with an income of 4135 yuan. It is estimated that at the end of the seven flower picking seasons this year, the income will be 25000 yuan." He Liping, who is pruning, said.

Like the he Liping family, relying on Yunnan Yi Wangfu Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., in cooperation with the company, to receive flowers and seedlings free of charge from the company, and under the guidance of the company's technical staff, plant, manage and pick flowers by themselves. the collected roses are handed over to the company for baking and processing, which saves the trouble of individual farmers finding a market, and is one of the reasons why many farmers in Shiyang Town are "optimistic" about planting Phnom Penh roses. "through the transfer of 1.2mu of land, my family not only earns more than 1000 yuan in land rent, but also works in the rose garden at my doorstep. I earn 65 yuan a day, plus overtime pay, and earn more than 2800 yuan a month. In July, August and September last year, when the flowers bloomed more, the monthly income was more than 3600 yuan, and I could take care of my family in the morning and evening." Speaking of growing Phnom Penh roses to increase income and become rich, the Tu Zhengmei of the chestnut group was very excited, and the smile on his face was as brilliant as roses in the field.

Poor families in Shiyang Town, Dayao, who set up archives and set up cards, "go to work" in the transferred fields and embark on the road to getting rid of poverty. Photo taken by Zhang Conghua

Farmers with labor and management grow, plant, pick and sell themselves under the guidance of enterprises, and get rich by planting Phnom Penh roses. For poor households who set up archives and empty nesters in rural areas, most of them go to work directly to the company and receive a fixed salary of 2240 yuan a month. Those who do odd jobs receive a salary of 65 yuan per day for 8 hours. Whether regular workers or temporary workers, if they are willing to work overtime for more than 8 hours, they will be paid 3 yuan for every jin of money spent. Li Huilan, a poor family in Zhaojiasi village, has been working in the company for more than two years, receiving a fixed salary of 2240 yuan a month and overtime pay of more than 300 yuan a month, and the life of the family has been greatly improved. He Jianfeng, who is also a poor family in the village, handed over 2.2 mu of Phnom Penh roses planted by the company to his family for free, and the purchase price was the same as that of other farmers. in the first flower picking season this year, he Jianfeng's income from selling flowers reached 3900 yuan.

The florist sells flowers. Photo taken by Zhang Conghua

According to Wang Guangwei, deputy mayor of Shiyang Town, since 2016, 185 poor households in Shiyang Town have been engaged in the planting of Phnom Penh roses in enterprises, as well as management and flower picking in the company base, thus embarking on a new way to shake off poverty and become rich. Che Youliang, the person in charge of the company, said that in 2016, through the transfer of land and planting of 817 mu of Phnom Penh roses, the company paid farmers 110000 yuan in land transfer, 3.8 million yuan in flowers, and 600000 yuan in wages for flower picking in the company. to achieve the common development of flower farmers and enterprises.

The flowers are drying. Photo taken by Zhang Conghua

In the interview, Li Hongliang, party committee secretary of Shiyang Town, said that the Phnom Penh roses planted and produced in Shiyang town are planted in the plateau, and the fresh flowers are selected and dried at low temperature. the fragrance of the flowers is not only beautiful, but also the taste is very pure. the market has been optimistic, more and more farmers are planting, the technology is getting better and better, and the income is getting higher and higher. the planting area has increased from 500 mu in 2015 to 817 mu in 2016. Increasing to 2200 mu this year, planting Phnom Penh roses has become one of the new industries for farmers in Shiyang Town to increase their income and help the poor. With the scale of planting and the marketization of brand effect, the Phnom Penh roses in Shiyang Town will surely become more and more gorgeous. Zhang Conghua and Li Changyuan