Spring Silkworm Cocoon Purchase In Shangluo Town, Gongxian County, Yibin

"This spring, my first batch of cocoons sold 3459 yuan, the market is not bad." On the morning of May 26, ran Xilin, a sericulture farmer in group 8 of Xinhe village, Shangluo Town, sold 60 kg of cocoons to the cocoon station and said happily.

Recently, the first batch of cocoons in Shangluo town were purchased by scale in spring. Cocoons from various villages were successively transported to cocoon stations. They were unloaded, selected, weighed and paid with cocoon Station staff in an orderly manner. Up to now, Shangluo town has purchased more than 80000 kilograms of cocoons this year, and the output value of the first batch of cocoons in Shangluo town is expected to reach 4.3 million yuan. Looking at their hard work in exchange for a better harvest, the silkworm farmers' faces showed a smile. 　　

"Due to the impact of the epidemic situation, the demand of international silk market has declined, and the price of cocoon has also dropped. In order to protect the interests of sericulture farmers in the county, Gongxian County Party committee and county government timely issued subsidy policies to benefit the people. For example, Gongxian County and the company have given subsidies of 650 yuan per mu of mulberry, 20 yuan per square meter for the construction of small silkworm breeding rooms, and the purchase of cocoons at the lowest protection price, so as to effectively safeguard the interests of sericulture farmers. In addition, Shangluo town has set up supervision posts at cocoon purchasing points, employed two NPC representatives, and transferred personnel from the town's agricultural technology center and market supervision office to conduct specific supervision, so as to ensure fair prices, fully protect the rights and interests of sericulture farmers, and create an atmosphere for the development of Shangluo's sericulture industry. ". Shangluo town officials said.

Mulberry planting and silkworm rearing is a traditional characteristic agriculture in Shangluo Town, and it is also a pillar industry to consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation and boost the revitalization and development of rural areas. In recent years, through policy guidance, scientific and technological support, leading enterprises and large professional households, the number of villagers engaged in mulberry cultivation and sericulture in Shangluo town has increased year by year (up to 3000 people). The sericulture industry has developed rapidly, and many piles of wasteland have become mulberry gardens. In addition, villagers interplanting soybeans and Dictyophora under mulberry trees, and using abandoned mulberry branches and silkworm rearing greenhouses set in leisure time to develop large ball covered mushrooms, bamboo shoots and silkworms Mulberry branches and edible fungi have further widened the channels of increasing farmers' income, and played an important role in the employment of villagers and the increase of farmers' income. 　　

"After the first batch of cocoons are sold this year, we will go to get the second batch of seeds. After 20 days, we can sell the second batch of cocoons. According to my years of silkworm rearing experience, the benefit of silkworm rearing is much better than that of rice and corn." Shibanxi village villager Yang Shaofei said. In order to better promote the development of this characteristic industry and promote rural revitalization. Shangluozhen village will further strengthen the propaganda of sericulture support policies, strengthen the technical guidance and training for sericulture farmers, scientifically raise silkworms, solidly carry out the basic work of environmental disinfection, technical training, summer silkworm seed setting, mulberry garden management and protection, so as to ensure the follow-up small silkworm breeding and cocoon quantity and quality to a new level, strengthen the sericulture industry, consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation and boost rural revitalization.

(source: Sichuan Sannong News Network)