In early May 2023, the scale of Spring Cocoon in Wafang Township, Longyang District was opened. Sericulture farmers welcome the “good start” in sericulture production this year and have launched the first round of spring cocoon acquisition.
This acquisition is the Wafang Baozi Cave of this year’s Shanghai and Yunnan project The cocoon station was put into use for the first time after its completion. The new cocoon station provides greater convenience for farmers to hand over cocoons. A total of 55,056.9 kilograms of spring silkworm cocoons were purchased, with a unit output of 43.1 kilograms per piece, and a total output value of 3.114 million yuan, an increase of 30% compared with last year’s spring cocoon output value. More than 10,000 yuan, the improvement of silkworm seed quality and the improvement of silkworm farming technology have achieved better economic benefits for spring silkworms.
Qian Jianguo from Dachengba Village is a major local sericulture farmer. This year’s spring cocoon yield reached 914.9 kilograms, with revenue reaching 52,000 yuan, making it the “sales champion” this quarter. He said: “In recent years, the township has given cocoon farmers a lot of help from infrastructure to technical guidance. This year I took the lead in trying to breed male silkworms. The quality is better, the price is higher, and the income has also increased! In 2023, I plan to raise With 270 silkworms, the output value can reach about 600,000 yuan!”
It is understood that Qian Jianguo rents a mulberry garden with an area of 150 acres. Involving 96 farmers, the annual land rent is 75,000 yuan. While developing the industry, it has mobilized more than 2,200 surrounding laborers, paid 220,000 yuan in worker fees, and also provided employment for some farmers. span> problem has greatly encouraged the development of other silkworm farmers.
Sericulture industry greenEnvironmental protection, low investment, short cycle, high efficiency, and the ability to fully optimize the use of idle rural labor force, are the characteristic industries of Wafang Township. It is reported that Wafang Township currently has 17,920 acres of mulberry gardens and 911 silkworm households. A total of 1,306 silkworms were bred this year, of which 1,275.5 have been handed over to cocoons and 30.5 are in the fifth instar stage and are being raised.
Industrial revitalization is an important guarantee for rural revitalization. In recent years, tile-roofed houses The 19 villages (communities) in the township have taken the initiative to actively promote the development of the sericulture industry, continuously strengthen the training and guidance of sericulture and sericulture, and improve the technical level of mulberry and sericulture. Since this year, a total of 16 sericulture technology training sessions have been carried out, and more than 1,600 farmers have been trained. In addition, , and also stimulated the enthusiasm of cadres and the masses for breeding and development by rewarding advanced methods, and a multi-pronged approach greatly improved the output and quality of silkworm cocoons, gradually Realize scientific, standardized and large-scale sericulture. In the next step, Wafang Township will continue to consolidate the results of breeding and drive more silkworm farmers to increase their income and become rich.
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