Xiangyun, Yunnan: planting wild yam helps farmers increase their income and become rich

Planting wild yam to increase farmers' income

"Lao Li, have you dug up the yam? The output is good? Is it good to sell? " "if you dig, the output is high, and it's easy to sell." At the wild yam planting base of the Keshi Farmers' specialized Cooperative in Xiangyun County, Yunnan Province, while inspecting the situation of the base, the mayor urged Li Yinghua to plant the yam well and play a leading role in getting rich.

Li Yinghua is from Yongsheng, Lijiang. He saw the broad prospect of growing wild yams. In 2014, the "fengshui treasure land" with four distinct seasons and suitable climate was selected in Ziba Village, Hedian Town, Xiangyun County. With the help of the party committee and government of Hedian Town, he transferred 100 mu of land in Ziba Village to develop the cultivation of wild yam.

Because of his previous experience in planting yam and his bold and innovative spirit, Li Yinghua successfully explored the horizontal planting mode of shallow trough and solved the bottleneck that wild yam grows underground, which is delicious but difficult to dig, which is not only conducive to growth, but also convenient for mining and digging, saving labor costs. At the same time, by controlling the top dominance and adjusting the water consumption in the growing period, the yield of wild yam has also doubled.

"the wild yam planted with the new technology can save labor, water and labor costs. compared with the traditional planting method, the cost per mu can be saved by 3,000 Mu, and the yam planted has good taste, storage resistance and large size, and the longest yam is close to 3 meters." Li Yinghua said proudly while displaying the newly dug yam.

According to Li Yinghua, yam is sown from March to April and harvested from October to November, the yield per mu can reach 4 to 5 tons, the market price is 13 to 14 yuan per kilogram, the output value per mu can be between 3.5 and 50,000 yuan, and the local market is in short supply. The more than 90 mu of yam planted this year is expected to achieve sales income of more than 3 million yuan.

"the draught does not forget the drillers, and when we get rich, we do not forget the villagers." He hopes that through the planting demonstration of the base, the villagers will become rich together. In the process of planting, he provided free training and free technical guidance to the villagers who came to the base to study, patiently imparted to the villagers the experience and technology of planting wild yam, provided seedlings, and informed the villagers of the hardware facilities needed to grow yam. Door-to-door technical guidance to help growers contact the market.