Chifeng, Inner Mongolia: under the fruit groves, earthworms drill out of the road to wealth!

Raising earthworms under fruit trees

In early spring and March, when the climate was warm and cold, the reporter drove through a section of rugged mountain road, and the unsprouted vegetation on both sides made the mountain forest look a little cool. With a slight breeze, Gaoyingzi Village, Xiqiao Town, Kalaqin Banner, Chifeng City, arrived.

What comes into view is a large area of forest and fruit base, because at the beginning of spring, all you see is a dry patch standing there, and pear trees, apple trees and mountain grapes can be vaguely identified. In the face of this dead forest, Tian Quan, director of the village committee, said excitedly, "Spring is coming, and it is really full of vitality!" "

The author smiled disapprovingly: what is the vitality of dry branches? Tian Quan smiled and said, "you look down under the tree." "

As he looked down in the direction he pointed to, he could see that there was an insulation film under each fruit tree, which was full of small water droplets. through the film, you could see pink earthworms wriggling slowly, some drilling into the ground, some drilling into the ground, similar in shape and different in shape.

"it is sunny in spring, it is very warm in the warm zone, and earthworms are also active. The villagers on one side said that raising earthworms under fruit trees is their new breeding project. Tian Quan told reporters: "Don't underestimate this small earthworm, the economic and social benefits they bring about by settling down here are very considerable." "

In fact, in order to alleviate the disadvantage of slow results in the early stage of the forest and fruit industry, Xiqiao Town invested 9.85 million yuan in 2013 to establish an organic agriculture industry demonstration base with the combination of earthworm ecological breeding and forest and fruit industry. Through a large number of visits, the relevant personnel of Gaoyingzi village set up 12 households and 18 people's characteristic earthworm breeding cooperatives. the village went to Jiangxi to buy 3 tons of earthworm seedlings and developed 50 mu of underforest economy.

"when earthworms mature, they will produce 600000 yuan worth of seedlings, 400000 yuan worth of commercial earthworms, and the income of fruit trees, and the per capita net income is expected to increase by 3000 yuan. In addition, the earthworm manure formed after the cow dung and duck manure under the tree is decomposed by earthworms contains not only a lot of organic matter, but also rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which is an important fertilizer for the production of organic vegetables. "Tian Quan introduced.

Since the ecological planting and breeding industry chain with forest and fruit industry and earthworm breeding as the core has been widely used in Gaoyingzi Village, Xiqiao Town, the income of farmers has also been increasing. This year, another 100 mu of earthworm farming has been added to the village, expanding the industrial model.

In fact, the use of rich forest resources in Gaoyingzi Village of Xiqiao Town to develop the earthworm industry under the forest is only a microcosm of the development of forest economy in Kalaqin Banner. Last year, there were 20 households raising firewood chickens under the forest in Kalaqin Banner, raising 50, 000 firewood chickens, with a sales income of 4 million yuan and 40 employees. There is a forest frog farm with an annual breeding of 200000 forest frogs, with a sales income of 1.2 million yuan and 20 employees.

Xiqiao Town Gaoyingzi Xingnong planting and breeding Professional Cooperative uses the economic forest base to cultivate earthworms, with an annual output of 160tons, sales income of 2.8 million yuan and employment of 200 people. A farmer raised colorful pheasants, raising 600,000 pheasants, with a sales income of 200000 yuan and employing 5 people.

Kalaqin Banner makes full use of rich forest resources, explores the mode of economic development under the forest, the momentum of forestry economic development is rapid, and a number of industries such as under-forest breeding, forest fruit and forest fungi are developing rapidly. Forestry economy has become a new economic growth point of the whole flag and an important way for farmers to get rich and increase their income.