Wangcang tea farmers have a knack for reducing production and price but increasing income.

Continuous low temperatures have reduced spring tea production by 10%, and the price of new tea is more "close to the people" than in previous years. This year, farmers in Wangcang County, Sichuan Province, who have been squeezed by both production and market, have increased their income instead! What's the trick? A few days ago, the reporter visited Micang Mountain, the main tea producing area in Wangcang County, and found the answer in the strong modern flavor of the tea industry.

Go out to seek the truth, the old tea village ushered in a new atmosphere.

Driving along the Panshan Highway to the hillside of Micang Mountain, you can see the green ecological tea garden in the distance, and the tea trees are shrouded in clouds like a fairyland. "that's our sprinkler irrigation system watering the tea trees." Tan Bo, chairman of Wangcang County Mumen Tea Company, said that this sprinkler irrigation system is part of the production base of Huangliang high standard ecological green organic tea. "the amount of water and irrigation time can be accurately controlled, and the sowing efficiency can be greatly improved. It is because of these modern modes of production that the villagers no longer have to look at the sky to eat. "

Tan Bo, a native of Huangliang Village in Mumen Town, started from a 1.3-hectare tea garden in the contracted village, witnessing the development and change of tea in his hometown from extensive reliance on heaven in the past to modern production management.

Huangliang Village, located in the depths of Micang Mountain, has always had a tradition of growing tea. However, in the past, the extensive mode of production resulted in small scale, poor disaster resistance, poor quality and poor sales.

"the change began in 2009, and Zhejiang assisted us in the post-disaster reconstruction, providing us with technical guidance and bringing us mature production concepts." Tan Bo said. As a result of hard work and love of learning, over the years, Tan Bo's tea garden has not only expanded in scale, but also obtained the title of intermediate tea technician, which has become an example for the villagers.

Since then, Tan Bo built factories and equipment on the basis of the old Huangliang tea factory, set up a tea company, introduced new varieties while expanding the scale, and carried out standardized production in accordance with "formula fertilization, green prevention and control, pruning and picking, and intensive processing". Today, Huangliang Village has built an organic tea demonstration base of 20 hectares, a contracted green tea garden base of more than 1000 hectares, and an organic tea processing plant of 2000 square meters, which not only promotes the development of tea industry in the whole town of Mumen, but also radiates to Hualong, Agricultural Construction and other surrounding villages and towns.

Capital jointly enlarges the brand of "Micang Mountain Tea"

Unlike the previous prices of thousands or even thousands of yuan of spring tea, the price of Micangshan spring tea this year is "close to the people". He Xulun, chairman of the Sichuan Micangshan Tea Group in the county, told reporters that the company's best-selling flat tea this year is only 200 to 500 yuan per jin.

"in the past, I would have been too anxious to sleep if the price of tea had been reduced." Sitting in front of his house, he Huaru, a five-group tea farmer in Huangliang Village, Mu Men Town, is very calm this year. "now our Micang Mountain Tea brand is ringing, and the unit price is a little lower, but the sales volume is high, and if we do general ledger, the income is still on the rise."

"Wangcang enjoys a unique ecological environment, and the quality of tea is very good. It's just that in the past, enterprises went their own ways and failed to form a joint force. " He Xulun said: in recent years, Wangcang County has made great efforts to gather the advantages of the tea industry, guiding more than 20 enterprises in Wangcang to jointly set up Sichuan Micangshan Tea Group, led by the government, to launch the brand of "Micangshan Tea."

The Bifeng Tea Company of Yu Gang in Huwu Village, Gaoyang Town, Wangcang County has also become a member of Micangshan Group, and the villagers of Huwu Village have also been exposed to light. The local development model of "company + base + farmers" has brought more than 4000 surrounding tea farmers together to do business, and more than 30, 000 jobs have been solved, with an annual output value of 30 million yuan.

After the launch of the brand, unlike in previous years, tea farmers were selling tea everywhere. This year, many orders came to the door on their own initiative. "during the Spring Festival, a tea company in Chengdu ordered 6000 jin in one breath, with sales of millions of yuan." Yu Gang said that in the next step, he will also use high-quality ecology to develop tourism, health care and other industries, and further extend the tea industry chain. "every year, during the tea-picking festival, tens of thousands of people come to visit the village, and many local villagers spontaneously set up farm music. Not only tea is popular, but the villagers can also earn another sum of money for travel."

Fu Yin, Chen Shaohai, our reporter Zhang Yanling