Xiajiang River in Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province: Becoming Rich by Characteristic Fruit Industry

Li Aizhen, a 47-year-old native of Jinping nationality Township, Xiajiang County, runs a characteristic fruit industry base with her husband and children and leads a happy life. Today, her family owns 1500 mu of various fruit tree demonstration gardens and 350 mu of nurseries, with an annual output of more than 2000 tons of all kinds of fruits and more than 3 million seedlings out of the nursery. It has been awarded as the "National Farmers' Professional Cooperative demonstration Society" by the Ministry of Agriculture and the "demonstration Household of Green planting and Green Protection of Women in Ji'an City" by the Municipal Women's Federation. Last year, her family won the title of "Green Family" in Jiangxi Province.

"in fact, at the beginning, I can be said to be a 'layman' for fruit tree planting, and I don't know anything about it. However, everything is difficult at the beginning, and I secretly made up my mind to try no matter how difficult it is. " Li Aizhen told the reporter that at the beginning of her business, in order to learn the techniques of planting fine fruit trees, she repeatedly studied and subscribed technical journals of the fruit industry, and during this period, she went to Jiangxi Agricultural University, Ganzhou Fruit Research Institute, and other places to "learn from the classics." so that their planting skills from scratch, from have to fine.

After years of repeated experiments and research, Li Aizhen has mastered a complete set of techniques such as grafting, management, and high yield of improved varieties of Carya cathayensis in the United States. in 2003, the survival rate of grafted trees reached more than 90%, and the yield per mu reached 245 kg, leading the country in yield and technology. This technology alone won the second prize for scientific and technological progress in the city and the third prize for technological improvement in the province, and won the national patent, which caused a sensation in the surrounding areas and even the whole country. professional households from more than 10 provinces contacted her for introduction. Her carefully planted precocious pear has thin skin, crisp meat and sweet taste, which is deeply loved by consumers. It is rated as high-quality precocious pear by the Ministry of Agriculture and won the gold medal of Fuwei Cup precocious pear in the whole province. At present, the area of high-quality early-maturing pears has reached more than 6000 mu.

"our whole family is now devoted to the fruit industry, and over the years, we have gradually gained planting experience and become more comfortable with it. Therefore, it will also actively promote the surrounding villagers to develop characteristic fruit industry together to achieve the goal of increasing income. " Li Aizhen told reporters that she used the fruit industry improved variety demonstration base she founded as a radiation point for the promotion of new technologies and new varieties of fruit trees, introduced the development prospects of the fruit industry to the masses who came to watch and study, and taught fruit tree cultivation techniques hand in hand. In 2008, Li Aizhen initiated the establishment of Xiajiang Jinping Lufeng Fruit Industry Cooperative, which successively absorbed members from Xiajiang, Jishui, Yongfeng, Xingan, camphor trees, Xinyu and other places, planted more than 12000 mu of fruit trees and established a fruit seedling breeding base of more than 300mu. In 2015, the cooperative earned more than 10 million yuan from sales and 55000 yuan from its members.