Dr. Qiangzhai, a Tibetan township based on science and technology, makes the plateau rich in strawberries.

Shuijing Township, Songpan County, Hanpan Village successfully introduced summer and autumn strawberries.

The science and technology poverty alleviation team of Southwest University of Science and Technology uses professional technology to guide farmers to increase their income.

Not only the Gesang flowers but also the strawberries brought by Zhang Meng, a doctor of horticulture, are in full bloom on the prairie of Chuanzhusi, a tourist attraction.

Zhang Meng is the head of the science and technology poverty alleviation team of the School of Life Science and Engineering of Southwest University of Science and Technology. When Zhang Meng went to Songpan for exercise in 2012, he saw that the area had vast land, but the locals were worried about how to increase their income. Since then, Zhang Meng has come up with the idea of using professional knowledge to help local people.

16 people, including Zhang Meng, Ding Jiangang, Peng Ling, Ma Jinshan and Xiong Shuangli, spontaneously set up a scientific and technological poverty alleviation team. These poverty alleviation teams, composed of cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary teachers in animal science, agronomy, horticulture, food, pharmacy and business administration, use their rest time to run between Qiang villages in Tibetan townships and use their expertise to help local people get rich and increase their income.

Doctor in Tibet: take advantage of the temperature difference to grow strawberries in the wrong season

Using professional knowledge to help people increase their income was still Zhang Meng's idea when he went to Songpan to take up his post.

It was early July 2012, when the provincial party committee and provincial government selected cadres to take up posts in the "three districts", and Southwest University of Science and Technology was designated to help Songpan County. "our college is closely related to agriculture, and it was finally decided that our college would help us."

Zhang Meng was selected to serve as deputy director of the government office of Songpan County. "Songpan covers an area of more than 8000 square kilometers, but the total population is only more than 70, 000." Zhang Meng said that the local per capita share of land is very large, but these arable land has not been well used.

After visiting the villages and towns below, Zhang Meng came up with the idea of benefiting the local people. After repeated inspection, he decided to lead the people to plant strawberries in Chuanzhusi town. "Strawberries are much more grown in Pingba area, which is easy to accept."

Speaking of planting strawberries, Zhang Meng calculated an account for the reporter. Chuanzhu Temple is about 3000 meters above sea level, and the local temperature is lower than that in the plain, which brings opportunities for strawberry cultivation. The ripening period of local strawberries is from June to August, which just fills the gap in the annual supply of strawberries in China. Strawberries in the plains are out of season, while local strawberries are on the market, and the local temperature is low and easy to store. " Zhang Meng said that strawberries are ripe during the peak tourist season in Songpan, which can not only be picked and sold nearby, but also transported to all parts of the country by air. "when it was planted that year, the local people saw the 'way of money'."

Today, with the help of the science and technology poverty alleviation team, Songpan has carried out a number of characteristic planting and breeding.

Improving Tea production in Qiang Township to increase available Resources for Tea Farmers

Peng Ling is a teacher in the School of Life Science and Engineering of Western University of Science and Technology. When she met Mr. Peng, she had just finished her class with foreign students and didn't have time to take off her white overalls.

"Pingwu has been growing tea for a long time and does not contain heavy metals, so it is a real green product in the current tea industry." Peng Ling said that although there are good tea resources, but the utilization rate is not much. "Local tea farmers are more likely to pick spring tea, while summer and autumn tea is wasted."

After Peng Ling took the students to Doukou Town in Pingwu to understand the situation, he decided to help tea processing enterprises to carry out technological improvement, and to help enterprises introduce black tea production lines. "after spring tea, although the tea is no longer tender, it can still be fermented and processed deeply." "it can be said that the whole body of tea is a treasure. In addition to making black tea, old tea can also be made into tea powder, which can be used to make wine, make noodles and bake food," Peng said. "

With the support of Peng Ling, Pingwudou knock Tea processing Factory not only produced black tea by imported black tea production line, but also made rational use of tea powder. At the same time, Peng Ling also helps enterprises to package their products and pass the certification system. And tea farmers also get real benefits from it. "the enthusiasm of tea farmers has also increased by turning discarded old tea into treasure." Peng Ling said that in 2014, beans received an extra 700 jin of dry tea in summer and autumn, and tea powder, fine powder tea and tea drinks made from tea by-products were also put on the market one after another.

Although they encountered difficulties in the process of poverty alleviation through science and technology, they did not stop them from moving forward. Pingtong Town, Pingwu County has a large plum orchard, but the high acidity of plums affects the passion of fruit growers. Peng Ling and her poverty alleviation team have set their sights here again to help fruit growers improve their technology and help enterprises increase their deep processing technology.

Strengthen the poverty alleviation team and let farmers become science and technology farmers

Ma Jinshan, a member of the poverty alleviation team, said that in recent years, the college has chosen the location of students' practice in rural areas. the professional advantages of the college wheat breeding team, bamboo resources research and utilization team, plant protection and cultivation expert team, modern horticulture team, animal nutrition and reproduction team, perennial guidance in Mianyang, Deyang, Suining, Luzhou and other rural areas Fix the land regularly to popularize and help the peasant masses with professional knowledge.

Ma Jinshan told reporters that from 2014 to 2016, 13 team members, including doctors and professors, have sent scientific and technological personnel to poor and remote areas to carry out scientific and technological assistance, through the idea of "one project, one model" in food processing, animal husbandry, horticulture, cultivation and processing of fruits and vegetables, planting and processing of traditional Chinese medicine, and cultivation of edible fungi.

At the same time, team members made full use of the methods of "farmers going to university", "knowledge renewal of agricultural technicians" and "cultivation of new professional farmers". In Deyang City, Beichuan County, Heishui County, Songpan County, Zitong County, etc., to carry out more than 10000 agricultural technical personnel training, agricultural science lectures, advanced agricultural technology extension, to provide farmers with "field" production practice guidance and other service activities Provide efficient intellectual support for the transformation and development of agriculture.