Traditional Chinese medicine Bupleurum, the economy under the forest opens a new way to increase income and become rich.

Recently, the reporter walked into Shanglou Qiao Village, Tianjiahui Street, Lishi District, and found that the economic woodland of the village was covered with "green grass", and the farmers were still carefully managing and protecting these "grass." curiosity drove the reporter to find out.

"this is the traditional Chinese medicine Bupleurum, which was only planted in the village in July. Our government encourages the development of the economy under the forest. We chose Bupleurum according to the specific environmental conditions of the village." standing next to the woodland, the village branch secretary che Jianwen casually pointed to a green piece of Bupleurum seedlings that had just emerged. Looking up from the ground, this lush green looks like a beautiful landscape painting.

Shanglouqiao Village is located in the southeast of Lishi District, next to National Highway 307, close to Qingyin Expressway, only 16 kilometers away from the city, the traffic is very convenient. However, the basic farmland in the village is less, the barren mountains and self-reclaimed land are relatively small, and the development of agricultural economy is greatly restricted. Over the years, village cadres have made great efforts to develop economic forest. up to now, they have planted a total of 1000 mu of economic forest, of which 900mu of walnut trees and 100mu of apricot trees have been planted. However, because the economic forest has always implemented the management mode of individual management and collective subsidy, the villagers' level of management and protection awareness is different, and the management ability is even more uneven. Some villagers' pockets have been "bulged", while others have been "shrunken", and economic development has been depressed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the branch secretary said that he was like an ant on a hot pot that he could no longer sit still, so he immediately convened the two committees, strictly followed the procedure of "four discussions and two publicity", signed an agreement with the villagers, and took back the abandoned forest land that he did not want to manage for collective management.

"luckily, nothing could be stopped. Just in time this year, the whole region encouraged the development of the economy under the forest and finally came looking for a new opportunity. In order to save time, we went to Jiajiazhuang Village in Fenyang to study and inspect the planting techniques of Bupleurum. The Regional Agriculture Bureau also specially invited experts to do training for the villagers, which greatly increased our confidence in growing Bupleurum." Village director Zhang Qiansheng has pulled his finger to calculate an account: a mu of Bupleurum can produce 100kg, with an average of 2000 yuan per mu, and receive three crops a year. What is more gratifying is that it cannot be put like mushrooms, which could not be sold at that time. It can be stored in a dry place below 30 degrees and continue to sell in the second year. It can save a lot of costs and is a profitable "business".

According to experts, the economic planting of medicinal materials under the forest is a compound management model, which increases the types of economic vegetation under the forest, reduces soil erosion, and enhances ecological stability and resistance, which can coordinate the development of ecological agriculture model. it is also an effective way to improve the comprehensive efficiency of forestry and increase agricultural income.

"We believe in the vision of the government and the village committee that this Bupleurum is easy to raise, and sooner or later it can be managed according to the methods taught by technicians. It can harvest three crops a year, but the cost is low, but the benefit is high." Villager Zhang Qianda actively joined the team of Bupleurum, a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. "our old couple have five mu of land, which is quite a lot in a year, which is enough to lead a well-off life," says Yin Run, 65, smiling from ear to ear.

Today, 47 households in Shanglouqiao Village have planted 1000 mu of traditional Chinese medicine in walnut woodland, with the state subsidizing 700yuan per mu, and the village subsidizing compound fertilizer worth 80 yuan for each household. "Guangtai planting Professional Cooperative, Lishi District, Luliang City" has been specially set up to organize the cultivation, management and sale of traditional Chinese medicine, so that the cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine has become the leading industry for farmers in the village to get rich again, and strive to become "one village, one product". □ reporter Liu Xiaoli