China's "vegetable basket" lights up a green future

Fifteen hundred years ago, Jia Sixie, the "sage of agriculture", wrote the earliest agricultural encyclopedia in China, Qimin Yaoshu, which has been immortalized for generations. The long river of history is galloping endlessly. Today, there are more than 157,000 vegetable greenhouses on both sides of the Mi River passing through it, stretching in the open countryside. This is a unique landscape dedicated to Shouguang, the "hometown of vegetables in China". Shouguang, a city that thrives on food, is constantly writing its own legend.

"Nongsheng" Jia Sixie

1. The cash cow for farmers to get rich

In Cuilingxi Village, Daotian Town, Shouguang City, a professional cooperative was established under the leadership of the Party branch, and a "Cuixi Road" was established to promote rural revitalization with industrial revitalization. "Traditional tomatoes cost two or three yuan per catty. This tomato is as low as 10 yuan per catty, and when the price is high, it is more than 20 yuan per catty," said a villager in Cuilingxi Village. In 2014, a cooperative was established in the village, which changed from “one family, one family fighting alone” to “one community developing together as a group”, which solved the previous “unorganized and insecure”, “narrow sales, weak bargaining”, “lack of funds and lack of land”. the problem.

In order to better build a vegetable brand and improve the quality of vegetables, in addition to introducing high-quality varieties, Cuilingxi Village also registered the trademark "Cuixi Yipin" and built a standardized production base covering an area of 200 acres. Now, the annual collective income of Cuilingxi Village has reached more than 4 million yuan, the per capita income of farmers is more than 40,000 yuan, and the average household deposit is 300,000 yuan.

In Shouguang Agricultural Products Logistics Park, a busy scene begins at 2:00 in the morning. Fresh vegetables picked at night are gathered here, packed by trucks, and nearly 10,000 tons of vegetables will be sent to all parts of the country within a few hours. Today, the planting area of vegetables in Shouguang reaches 600,000 mu, the annual output of vegetable greenhouses is 4.5 million tons, the annual trade of vegetables is more than 9 million tons, and the total output value of vegetables is 11 billion yuan. "Shouguang Vegetables" has become a nationally renowned "golden signboard" with high quality, high standards, distinctive features and reputation, leading farmers on the road to prosperity.

2. The vane of industrial development

To become the "Hometown of Vegetables in China", both "hardware" and "software" must be tough.

In recent years, Shouguang City has made every effort to build a national comprehensive service base for facility vegetables. It has successively settled in 12 national agricultural research and development platforms including the National Vegetable Quality Standard Center, 5 industry standards have been issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the application rate of agricultural Internet of Things has reached 80%; 160 vegetable varieties have been independently developed, and the annual breeding capacity of seedlings has increased to 18 100 million plants, the development of vegetable seed industry has successfully entered the national strategy. Seizing the great opportunity of being selected as the first batch of national agricultural modernization demonstration zones, vigorously promote the development of seed research and development, standard setting, digital agriculture, and pre-fabricated vegetables industry, and run out of Shouguang "acceleration" on the journey of taking the lead in realizing agricultural modernization.

In order to build the industrial system, production system and management system of modern agriculture, the "Shouguang Model" has been continuously innovated and upgraded, and the strategy of "leading the whole chain" has been implemented. At the front end, focus on standard formulation and seed research and development to seize the commanding heights of the industry; at the middle, build a new agricultural management system with farmers' cooperatives and family farms as the main body, allowing farmers to clench their fingers into fists and get rich together; at the back end, focus on Brand cultivation, quality improvement, and consolidation of competitive advantages. The front, middle and back ends of the industrial chain are linked together to outline the "smile curve" of the entire vegetable industrial chain.

3. Ballast stone with stable market

The relationship between vegetable production and supply is basically related to people's livelihood and stable prices. Every time the country has difficulties, Shouguang will not be absent, giving full play to the role of the "ballast stone" in the vegetable field to ensure supply and stabilize prices, and come forward again and again, playing an important role in stabilizing the supply of vegetables in epidemic areas.In 2020, when the new crown epidemic broke out in Wuhan, Shouguang immediately organized vegetable farmers to pick vegetables overnight, and loaded the trucks at noon the next day. The daily supply of 600 tons of fresh vegetables rushed to Wuhan, which was later increased to more than 2,000 tons per day, and lasted for more than half a month. .

This year, Shanghai is facing an unprecedented epidemic "big test". While doing its own epidemic prevention and control, Shouguang actively implemented relevant deployments, gave full play to its role as a well-known "hometown of vegetables" and a vegetable distribution center in the country, comprehensively upgraded supply guarantee measures, and made every effort to ensure the supply of vegetables in key areas such as Shanghai. Actively contribute to the overall situation of national epidemic prevention and control.　　

4. Lele alone? All joy!

After 30 years of hard work, the people of Shouguang have become rich, and the city has developed rapidly. However, looking at the whole country, many regions are still faced with the dilemma of low agricultural production level, low farmers' income, and low level of rural development.

Shouguang has never been stingy with its "treasures of towns and cities". There are many vegetable greenhouses all over the country. Beginning in 1991, Shouguang people have sent their most precious wealth, farmer technicians, to their hometowns to guide the construction and management techniques of vegetable greenhouses in various places.

Shouguang Vegetable Expo has been successfully held for 23 consecutive years. It has received more than 30 million exhibitors and tourists from more than 50 countries and regions. It has displayed and promoted a large number of the latest achievements in agricultural development at home and abroad, and enhanced exchanges and deepened exchanges with friends from all over the world. Feelings and friendships.

Today, the "Shouguang Standard" has been exported to more than 20 provinces and cities across the country. There are more than 8,000 Shouguang technicians out there to guide vegetable production all year round. Shouguang receives more than 2 million guests every year for vegetables. More than half of the new greenhouses in the country have "Shouguang Elements". Shouguang's advanced concepts, practical technologies, and fine varieties have spread to all parts of the country, from Wanren Bingfeng to Gobi oasis, from vast grasslands to secluded valleys, changing traditional agricultural production methods. Vegetable Revolution.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "China's modernization is inseparable from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas." To rejuvenate the nation, the countryside must be rejuvenated. Shouguang people have proved that "a seed sown today will reap a piece of hope tomorrow". The standard can be referenced, the experience can be copied, and the model can be promoted. This is a new contribution made by Shouguang to the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy nationwide, to accelerate the modernization of agriculture, and to achieve high-quality development of the agricultural and rural economy.