Yumen City, Gansu Province: economic Forest becomes the "Green Bank" of Farmers

(agricultural get Rich Network) in the golden autumn, the rural areas of Yumen City are full of fruit fragrance, and farmers pick bumper fruits with joy. Big trucks from Xizang, Northeast China, Shaanxi and other places hauled fruit through the country roads. After years of development, more than 16000 mu of economic forest in Yumen City has now produced economies of scale, which has become another bright spot for the city's farmers to increase their income. The annual output of fruits in the city can reach 8000 tons, with an annual output value of nearly 10 million yuan. Fruit income has become a "green bank" for farmers to increase their income.

In recent years, Yumen City based on local natural conditions, vigorously develop economic forest, determine the development of apples, pears, grapes, peaches, apricots and other fruits. In order to enable farmers to master the technology of planting fruit trees, forestry and agricultural technology extension departments at all levels in cities and townships hold forest and fruit science and technology training courses every year, and compile and distribute learning materials such as "Fruit Tree Science Popularization Handbook" and "dynamic briefing on Fruit Tree Diseases and insect pests" for farmers. fruit tree fertilization, pollution-free management, apple bagging, fruit storage and other technologies are sent to thousands of households.

In order to ensure the effectiveness and pertinence of the training, the city has decided that the forestry department will take the lead, and more than a dozen scientific and technological "ombudsmen" have been carefully organized and selected to live in villages and towns all the year round, regularly and irregularly going deep into the farmyard and fields for technical guidance. With the support and guidance of the government, more than 90% of the farmers in the city have developed economic forests. Facility grape growers in Nanmen Village of Yumen Town and sand control workstation in Yumen City over the past two years, the fruit income of grape growers averaged more than 20,000 yuan per mu each year, exceeding 80 percent of the per capita income of local farmers. some big growers not only live in small foreign buildings, but also drive cars. All kinds of fruits such as grapes, peaches and apricots cultivated in Yumen have been sold to markets all over the country, becoming the "vanguard" of fruit development in the whole city.