Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia: carrots cross the ocean to earn foreign exchange

During an interview in Xiaomiaozi Village, Damiao Town, Songshan District, Chifeng City, village director Li Yongbo told the reporter: "more than 2000 mu of carrots were planted in the village last year, and 3500 mu are planted this year, all by order planting, and the income is guaranteed. There will never be the situation that carrots could not be sold in the past. The output of carrots per mu is more than 10,000 jin, and the income reaches more than 10,000 yuan. We are very happy in our hearts that growing carrots means accurate poverty alleviation and wealth. " A farmer who is carrying out late-stage management of carrots on the land said happily: "the considerable income has inspired our farmers' enthusiasm to grow carrots."

The carrot industry in Damiao Town has a history of more than ten years. Carrot planting is one of the leading industries in the planting industry in Damiao Town, benefiting 12 Sichuan villages in the town. Although it fell into a low ebb in 2014, it reached a new high in 2015. At present, carrot cultivation in Damiao Town has been incorporated into the national periodic production chain, and the products are sold to South Korea, Japan, Western Europe and other places. The person in charge of Damiao Town said: last year, our town planted more than 20,000 mu of carrots, and its direct export sales reached 100 million yuan. This year, when planting 40,000 mu, we expect export sales to reach 200 million yuan. The growers are all large farmers, some from Hebei, some local, and some from other townships. They are directly linked to carrot marketing enterprises or export enterprises, and direct exports account for half of the total output, and the other half are sold to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangzhou in the south.

The technology is in place and the output value is high. In recent years, Damiao Town has regarded carrot planting as an important channel to increase farmers' income. this year, on the basis of traditional planting techniques, Damiao Town has made every effort to develop carrot planting with the combination of point and noodle and noodle. Through lectures and compiling planting technical manuals, the town agricultural station popularized the new technology of drip irrigation under ridge film, micro-spraying, integration of water and fertilizer and precision sowing technology in the whole town, so as to increase the number of carrots and the yield per plant, so as to increase production and increase efficiency. At the same time, actively promote high-quality carrot varieties, pay attention to green brand construction, ensure quality. This year, the planting area of carrots is expected to reach more than 40,000 mu, second only to Hualong Town, Shouguang City, Shandong Province, ranking second in the country, and becoming a veritable hometown of carrots in northern China. By planting carrots alone, the per capita net income of farmers in the town has increased by 4000 yuan.

Damiao Town has an area of 110000 mu of arable land, large temperature difference between day and night, a lot of sandy soil, climate, soil, water conservancy and other conditions determine that the whole town has the advantage of developing carrot industry. In order to make the carrot industry bigger and stronger, the government of Damiao Town has set up a carrot industry planting association to face the market through the association and strive to improve farmers' awareness of market competition. In the process of carrot production, unified mechanized operations such as mechanical sowing, mechanical film mulching, mechanical rotary ploughing, mechanical harvesting, and the use of pollution-free well water sprinkler irrigation are carried out, which not only saves labor but also improves the quality of carrots. At the same time, in order to improve the popularity of the carrot industry, the government of Damiao Town uses the network information platform to release planting information and investment information in time, and take more measures to improve the ability of carrots to resist market risks.

'We all come here from late July to early August to harvest Damiao carrots, 'said a businessman in Beijing. Damiao carrots have several main advantages: first, basically use hybrids, the rate of finished products per mu is very high; the strip shape is particularly beautiful, carrots are more suitable for export processing. In addition, during the period from late July to early August, carrots have been harvested in Shandong, the market in Hebei has not yet come down, and the base of Damiao has a unique climatic environment. Carrots are very popular at this time. Merchants usually come to buy at this time. The remarkable feature of carrots on this side of the temple is that the rate of finished products is very high, and the general rate of finished products can reach 80% to 90%.

In the spring, Damiao Town also held a carrot training and exchange meeting to organize rural cadres to go deep into various village groups to carry out scientific and technological training, so as to guide farmers to plant, irrigate and fertilize scientifically, thus increasing farmers' income and strengthening the carrot industry.