? —— Brief Introduction to the Transformation and Development of Pepper Industry in Zhengcun Village, Ronghe Town
? Lin Zhihong
? Zheng Village, Ronghe Town, Wanrong County, located on the bank of the Yellow River, is a medium-sized village with more than 2,000 people and 4,900 mu of cultivated land. Zhengcun is adjacent to the main line of Lin Wan Road in the west, and there is a big waste ditch in the east for several miles. Different from other places, this barren ditch in this village is a flat-bottomed ditch. There are dozens of flat farmland with different sizes but a total area of thousands of acres at the bottom of the ditch. Its unique terrain conditions provide a good foundation for villagers to "eat by the ditch". Therefore, after several production adjustments, pepper, as the leading industry of villagers, has flourished here in recent years, and there are thriving scenes everywhere.
? A typical beginning on the road to prosperity.
Thousand acres of Chili harvest
? The planting of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in Zhengcungou began more than 30 years ago. After the contract system was implemented in rural areas, pear trees, jujube trees, apricot trees, peach trees, walnuts and later double-season Sophora japonica were planted in this barren ditch, but the benefits have been poor for various reasons. In this process, some people planted pepper on the hillside in dribs and drabs. However, due to the backward varieties and low yield at that time, it was difficult to pick Zanthoxylum bungeanum trees after they matured, and the industry has been developing badly. Later, Yan, who contracted the barren ditch, and several other farmers went out to inspect the market and began to transform and develop. They resolutely dug up the fruit economic forest with poor benefits, planted the Dahongpao Zanthoxylum bungeanum on the flat land at the bottom of the ditch, and carefully trimmed and managed it. Yan didn't expect to be waiting for someone at that time. After three or five years, the net income of an acre of pepper actually reached a bumper harvest of 7000 to 10000 yuan. From 20 14, Zanthoxylum bungeanum in Zhengcungou entered the high-yield period, and the annual income per mu of five-year-old Zanthoxylum bungeanum reached 10000. Three-year-old pepper also has an income of 7000 yuan per mu. Yan's 8-mu Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree is divided into three kinds, and its income has exceeded 80,000 yuan for three consecutive years. Chen Moumou and another farmer who planted 10 mu and 6 mu of Dahongpao in the same period also achieved good economic benefits. ? The annual income is above 78,000. With the popularity of pepper in this village, merchants from Shaanxi and other places have come to buy it. One kilogram of wet pepper just picked from the tree is sold 15 yuan. Moreover, several merchants also reached an "order purchase" agreement with Zhengcun people. Every July, businessmen come to Zhengcungou to wait to buy peppers. This barren valley where Zhengcun people have struggled for generations has finally found a real way to get rich in the economic wave of the new era.
? Water conservancy facilities to waste ditch
Expand planting scale
? The successful development of Zanthoxylum bungeanum industry in Zhengcungou has greatly stimulated the villagers' enthusiasm for planting Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Over the years, the area of pepper in this village has expanded year by year. 20 16 years to reach more than 800 acres. Four pepper professional cooperatives have also been established in the village. The villagers extensively exchanged and discussed the experience of pepper planting management. In 20 18, after the new party branch and village committee were established, they further implemented pepper planting as a popular project of "one village, one product", which consolidated the results of poverty alleviation. Through hard work, the last channel of the Yellow River Diversion Project soon reached the ditch. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is suitable for living in poor soil, not for flooding. Therefore, the Party branch and the village committee actively organized villagers to lay water pipelines, installed water outlets in the fields of each pepper field, and mobilized everyone to engage in droppers and sprinkler irrigation. This not only saves water resources but also ensures drought resistance. At present, the fields of seven or eight pepper farmers such as Yan have been paved with pipelines. The village is also contacting relevant departments to send electricity to the ditch. The main traffic roads in the ditch are also smooth, and all kinds of machinery can be driven in and out at any time, which greatly facilitates everyone's production operations and the handling of agricultural materials.
? Benchmark first-class and upgrade.
? The new area is 2000 mu.
? 20 18 is the first year that the party branch and village committee of Xinzheng Village concentrate on fully implementing the reform and innovation put forward by party organizations at all levels, striving for excellence, benchmarking first-class and doing solid work. After the formation of the new team, according to the voice of some people, they decided to make the peppers in the village stronger and bigger according to local conditions as an industry to enrich the people. The conditions for planting Zanthoxylum bungeanum in Zhengcun are unique. In recent years, due to the continuous fame of Zhengcun Zanthoxylum bungeanum, their brand has naturally formed. Coupled with some typical leading and long-term accumulated experience, planting management technology has been mastered. The village "two committees" team seized the opportunity and guided the situation. After getting everyone's response, they came up with a new plan of "arranging 1000 mu of barren ditch and planting 2000 mu of flat land". At present, this plan is being actively implemented. In order to increase the added value of peppers, first, they are negotiating an "order pepper" agreement with two large food and catering enterprises in China to supply them directly to the manufacturers. Secondly, since last winter, they have planned a pepper drying plant and a deep processing plant not far from Hua Meng Railway Village. At present, the construction project of the processing plant is about to be completed. Hua Meng Railway has a station here, which will provide favorable conditions for the long-distance transportation of pepper. Third, actively strive for the support of the higher authorities, and then buy a large number of micro-field cultivators, pesticide pumps and crawler belts, sprinkler irrigation facilities and introduce new varieties of pepper seedlings. This spring, a large area of cultivated land in Zhengcun has been planted with pepper trees. Zhao Wentao, secretary of the Party branch of the village, and Zhang Xiangrong, director of the village committee, said that after five years, the income of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in Zhengcun could reach150,000 yuan, and the per capita income of 2,000 people in the village was more than 7,000 yuan. After achieving this goal, the people in our village will fundamentally consolidate the achievements of getting rid of poverty and become rich, and move towards a well-off life. Moreover, every time peppers are picked, there must be at least 10 middle-aged and elderly women working for half a month on an acre of peppers, which provides an opportunity for idle laborers in our village and neighboring villages to increase their income.