Zaomiao Village: there is a way to get rich by planting Rabdosia rubescens

"Rabdosia rubescens in Zaomiao Village was planted sporadically by some farmers. After several years of development, it has formed a scale of 2000 mu, and has become an important industry for farmers in the village to increase their income and become rich. Zaomiao Village has also built a demonstration base for large-scale planting of Rabdosia rubescens. " A few days ago, Zhang Xiaoxun, director of Kejing Town Agricultural Service Center, told reporters.

Zaomiao Village, Kejing Town, was once a poor village in the west. In recent years, under the leadership of the two committees of the village branch, the villagers of the village seized the opportunity to develop Rabdosia rubescens planting according to local conditions, constantly expanded the planting area, and gradually embarked on the road to prosperity. In 2007, with the opportunity of protecting geographical indication products of wild resources Dongling grassland, Zaomiao Village cooperated with Henan Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine to establish a 500 mu research and development base of Rabdosia rubescens. In 2009, the base was recognized by Henan Province as a "one village, one product" Rabdosia rubescens demonstration base.

At the entrance of Zaomiao Village, villagers are weighing a sack of Rabdosia rubescens. The director of the professional cooperative of Rabdosia rubescens in Zaomiao Village, Yuan Youwen, told reporters: "this is selling Rabdosia rubescens seedlings to the members of the cooperative." It is the peak growing season of Rabdosia rubescens, and the seedlings need to be renewed. Some of the seedlings are collected and sold to increase the income of the common people. This year, we have cultivated nearly 20 tons of Rabdosia rubescens seedlings, and have sold more than 10 tons so far. The villagers are very satisfied with the sales income. " The industrial cultivation of Rabdosia rubescens in Zaomiao Village began in 2005. In that year, the village set up a professional cooperative of Rabdosia rubescens in Zaomiao Village, which adopted the mode of "company + base + farmers" for production and sales. The village's Rabdosia rubescens has grown from 500mu at the beginning to more than 2000 mu now. It is harvested in June and October every year, with a total output of between 400t and 1000 t. The professional cooperative of Rabdosia rubescens in Zaomiao Village also signed a protective price acquisition contract with Jishi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., so that the interests of the masses were protected.

Miao Xiping, a villager of Zaomiao Village, has more than 3 mu of sloping land, and he also has greater benefits in the process of expanding the planting area of Rabdosia rubescens in the village. "more than 3 mu of sloping land is difficult to cultivate, so they are all planted with Rabdosia rubescens. In autumn, Rabdosia rubescens can earn more than 3000 yuan if it grows well, and it can save labor, time, fertilizer and medicine, and the economic benefit is better. I'm going to continue to expand. " It is understood that before, the per capita net income of Zaomiao Village was only more than 3000 yuan; now, relying on the sale of Rabdosia rubescens and seedlings, villagers can increase their annual income by nearly 2000 yuan, with a per capita net income of more than 5000 yuan.