Hainan: grow lotus and dragon fruit to get rich

"if everyone hadn't made money by planting lotus fog in the past two years, how could so many people in Mianchang Village have the spare money to build new houses this year?" Pointing to a row of tiled flat-roofed houses, Su Wenlin, party branch secretary and director of the Lingjiao Village Committee, Dalu Town, Qionghai City, looked proud this morning. In order to increase farmers' income, Qionghai City continued to increase the pace of adjustment and upgrading of agricultural industrial structure this year, invested funds to build two characteristic agricultural brands, namely, dragon fruit and lotus, and carried out industrialization development, so that farmers received real benefits.

In Mianchang Village, the reporter saw that 23 of the 32 families in the village are building new houses in accordance with the unified plan. It is understood that the cost of building a house for each family is more than 100,000 yuan. Villager Pan Jiasong told reporters that the key for everyone to have so much money to build houses is that the lotus industry has been developed in the village in the past two years. "I have planted 20 mu of lotus, and 10 mu have borne fruit this year, and they have sold it for more than 90,000 yuan."

According to Su Wenlin, Mianchang Village used to grow rubber, pepper and betel nut. In the adjustment of the agricultural industrial structure, Qionghai City mobilized the villagers to plant highly efficient lotus flowers. Mianchang Village introduced varieties of lotus flowers such as Thailand's Black King Kong, and 80% of the villagers participated in planting. "according to the goal we have set for Mianchang Village, each household should reach more than 20 mu, with an average annual income of 10,000 yuan per mu and 200000 per mu, which has greatly improved the problem of increasing farmers' income and efficiency."

It is not only the villagers of Mianchang Village who have benefited from the adjustment of the industrial structure. In Lixiankao Village, Yangjiang Town, Qionghai City, villager Li Ping planted 40 mu of dragon fruit, and last year's net income reached 120000 yuan. With the income of rubber and betel nut, the annual income can reach more than 180000 yuan. The village has now planted 1605 mu of dragon fruit, with an output value of more than 7 million yuan, forming a development pattern of one product per village. There is no need to worry about the market of the fruit. Li Ping told the reporter, "it's easy to sell. The bosses in Haikou drove to me to buy it." Today, many villagers in Lixiankao Village rely on the dragon fruit industry, not only building new houses but also buying cars.

The effect of increasing income of dragon fruit and lotus industries is obvious. Qionghai City regards the development of these two industries as the key industries this year. At present, the planting area of dragon fruit and lotus has reached more than 5000 mu. This year, Qionghai City will also spend 5 million yuan to support the development of the two industries.