Anhui Agricultural University takes 30 years to take root in the Dabie Mountains

The teachers of Anhui Agricultural University instructed the villagers on planting techniques.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that whether or not to be well-off depends on the villagers, and whether the poor villagers can get rid of poverty. At present, the situation of poverty alleviation in China is still grim, and the poverty level of many people is still very deep. Poverty alleviation first helps the wisdom, education lags behind and lags behind from generation to generation. To do a good job in education to help the poor, so that children in poor areas can receive good education and learn good skills is not only an important way to block the intergenerational transmission of poverty, but also a permanent cure to "root out poverty" and "pave the way for wealth" so that ordinary people can lead a good life. Today, the trumpet of resolutely winning the battle against poverty has been sounded, and this newspaper has set up a column entitled "accurate Poverty Alleviation Education in Action", focusing on the good practices and experiences of various schools in various localities in the work of accurate poverty alleviation through education.

When the car was walking on the New Henan Road in Jinzhai County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province, Molly, a teacher at Anhui Agricultural University, excitedly opened the window and said, "look, this is the old site of Jinzhai college class!" The era is rolling forward, the teaching buildings of more than 30 years ago have long since ceased to exist, and new tall buildings have been built on both sides of the road, but the Meishan river in front of the door is as clear as ever and gurgles eastward.

The landscape here has long been imprinted in Molly's heart. In the early 1980s, in response to the national call for science and technology to help the poor, Anhui Agricultural University and Jinzhai County jointly created the "Jinzhai College Class" to help local farmers master advanced agricultural technology. As a teacher in the school's College of Life Sciences, Molly came to Jinzhai County to teach local villagers how to raise silkworms scientifically. "I have to make at least a dozen trips in the first month in the fields. It was a gilded time in my life, and I can't forget it."

"the knowledge learned more than 30 years ago has been applied to this day."

At the forum held by the school to return to the Dabie Mountains, Zhan Wei, president of the tea professional cooperative in Dashanli, Jinzhai County, was a little melancholy: "the teacher who taught me didn't come, so I really want to chat with them face to face again." As the first graduate of Jinzhai College Class, Zhan Wei has not forgotten the help of the teachers of Agricultural University for more than 30 years.

In 1985, Zhan Wei became one of the 76 students in the first Jinzhai College Class. "at that time, very few rural students were able to enter the university through the college entrance examination. When I heard that the university professor was going to come to us for classes, I immediately applied for places with the county."

At that time, Duan Jianzhen and Tian Xingan, professors of Anhui Agricultural University, taught the course of tea cultivation to the students. The two professors were rigorous in their scholarship and had novel ideas, which left a deep impression on Zhanwei.

At that time, Professor Duan put forward the idea of adapting measures to local conditions. Tea planting plans should be formulated in accordance with the local ecological environment, and we must not destroy forests and grow tea. On the other hand, Professor Tian has always reminded us that we must not forget our roots in growing tea, stay behind the classics, and keep pace with the times. "

The advanced experience taught by professors made Zhanwei take a lot of detours on the road of growing tea in the future. From the late 1990s to the beginning of this century, Liuan melon slices almost disappeared in the market. During that time, Zhan Wei clenched his teeth, ruled out public opinion, and insisted on planting Liu'an melon slices. Zhan Wei's insistence was the brilliance of Liu'an melon slices in the tea market a few years later. Time proved Tian Xingan's correct conclusion at that time.

Today, the Dashanli Tea Professional Cooperative founded by Zhan Wei is in full swing, with an annual profit of hundreds of thousands of yuan, driving 100 villagers to become rich together. "thanks to the professors of Agricultural University, the skills they teach have benefited me for the rest of my life."

In the early 1980s, Anhui Agricultural University actively responded to the call of the party and the state to "help poor areas change their appearance as soon as possible", focusing on intellectual poverty alleviation, supported by scientific and technological services, and devoted the efforts of the whole school to the work of poverty alleviation through science and technology. The "Jinzhai College Class" jointly established by the school and Jinzhai County is the first to train talents jointly by colleges and universities and local governments.

The dream of "helping farmers shake off poverty and become rich" encourages a number of experts and scholars who are interested in "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" to go out of the classroom and out of the laboratory. According to statistics, since 1985, Anhui Agricultural University has successively organized more than 300 teachers to go deep into the Dabie Mountains, trained more than 1 million farmers, and realized the dream of more than 200,000 farmers to shake off poverty and become rich. Six of the eight pillar industries in the Dabie Mountains, such as rice, tea, chestnut and silkworm, were directly involved in the development of the university, resulting in the emergence of Professor Ren Lizhong, who said, "my life belongs to society, my technology belongs to chestnut farmers", and Professor Ren Lizhong, who created the high-yield technology of Chinese chestnut, "if you want to get rich, go to Wanzhi Shanghai of Agricultural University" and successfully cultivate the "rich fruit" in the mountain area. "if you teach farmers one more technology, I will complete one more project," Associate Professor Zhang Liang and a large number of advanced models.

The friendship between teachers and villagers has not been interrupted for 30 years.

For more than 30 years, the friendship between the teachers of Anhui Agricultural University and the villagers in the Dabie Mountains has never stopped.

This year, Song Yongtang, a villager of Gubei Town, Jinzhai County, ushered in another splendor in his career: at the beginning of the year, his Xinnong Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. and Beijing Shounong Group reached a cooperation agreement on the sale of ecological black-haired pigs. More than 2000 "Dabie Mountain black-haired pigs" in the farm will enter the designated slaughterhouse in Beijing to carry out professional slaughtering, processing and packaging, and then be purchased by Beijing Shounong Group and sold to the capital's high-end consumer market.

As early as a few years ago, the black-haired pigs raised by Song Yongtang were already well-known. Under the proposal of Li Fubao, a professor at the School of Animal Science and Technology of Anhui Agricultural University, the economic benefits brought about by the original breeding model of "releasing pigs up the mountain" were spread in Jinzhai County.

"stocking can release the nature of pigs. Pigs are in a good mood and the meat is naturally good." Combined with years of teaching experience and on-the-spot visits, Li Fubao created a tailor-made plan for Song Yongtang's pig breeding. there is a basis for when pigs go up, down, and fed.

Song Yongtang said that Li Fubao started his life. In 2009, he had a small test in the aquaculture industry, but unexpectedly, he was defeated miserably as soon as he tried the water. "in those years, the pork market was very bad. Live pigs cost more than 4 yuan per jin, and the more than 500 hybrid pigs bought suddenly lost more than 100,000 yuan." When Song Yongtang nearly gave up, Li Fubao extended a helping hand to him under the introduction of the local government.

"at that time, village access was not as developed as it is now, and the car could not drive, so we had to walk." Song Yongtang said that in order to find a suitable breeding site, Li Fubao often walks on the mountain for a day. "it is Professor Li's persistence that makes today's' Dabie Mountain Black-haired Pig'."

Like Song Yongtang, there are still many modern farmers in Jinzhai County who have found the "Book of Wealth" with the help of teachers of Anhui Agricultural University. Carrying the ardent hopes of the people of Anhui Agricultural University of the previous generation, the people of Anhui Agricultural University in the new era have given the "Dabie Mountain Road" a more distinct connotation of the times.

At the end of the 20th century, the school resisted the trend of thought of "de-agriculturalization" and "integration" in agricultural colleges and universities, and resolutely chose to stick to "agriculture". Standing at the new starting point of history, the school has constantly innovated the system and mechanism for serving "agriculture, rural areas and farmers", vigorously promoted the construction of the New Rural Development Research Institute, and set up eight comprehensive test stations and five characteristic test stations in the whole province. it has constructed a new agricultural extension service platform of "one station, one alliance and one center", started and implemented the training plan of "young farmers", and made great efforts to train modern farmers who understand production, good management and management.