Li Dan, Chairman of the Professional Cooperative of Fengdu County Fengdu County

The sun in the midsummer is hot. At the lotus root planting base of Wenjiabian Village, Baohe Town, the green lotus leaves were swaying with the wind. At a glance, the blooming lotus leaves connected dozens of acres of paddy fields into a green sea. In the strong green, the lotus flowers are full of posture, some are buds to be placed, some are fragrant, and the beautiful scenery adds a different summer color to the hot country, outline a wonderful picture of summer. Native

"Recently, the weather is good, the lotus root is very good, and the expected production will be good." Li Dan, the person in charge of the lotus root planting base of the sun, said that the growth period of lotus root is short. It only takes 120 days from the publishing to the listing to the market. about.

For nearly 10 years of planting in lotus root planting, Li Dan has introduced new varieties, new technologies, and innovative breeding models, making Wenjiabian Village a well -known lotus root planting base in Fengdu, because the lotus root produced is large, tender, tasteful, taste, taste, and taste. Okay, in addition to the supply of local markets, the products are also exported to other districts and counties in Chongqing and Sichuan. Based on the output of 1500 kg per mu and a wholesale price of 5 yuan per kilogram, the output value of the mu can reach 7,000 or eight,000 yuan, and the benefits are considerable. Under the leadership of Li Dan's demonstration, more and more farmers planted in the surrounding area. A lotion planting base with more than 500 acres of paddy fields has been formed in Wenjiabian Village and around the surrounding area. Investigation has become the backbone industry that promotes the strong rejuvenation of the countryside.

Li Dan at the lotus root planting base

Aiming at the situation to plant lotus root

More than ten years ago, Wenjiabian Village was a poor mountain village with remote and intertwined transportation. After Li Dan took the lead in planting lotus root to implement a lot of changes in the comprehensive cultivation of lotus ponds. Li Dan was born in the 1980s. Like most grassroots entrepreneurs, he was born in rural areas. Parents are authentic farmers. They have dealt with land in their lives. They planted some traditional crops such as Budu and Togo. In a lifetime, it has not been able to improve the improvement of living conditions. In order to reduce the burden on the family, Li Dan chose to go out to work when he was 16 years old. "I have been in Shenzhen and Xinjiang, and I have done both electricians and hardware manufacturers." Li Dan said frankly, "Although the money made in foreign workers has more money than farming, the high house prices and high prices in the city are made people see people. No hope, life has been in a state of wandering, barely coincides. "

At the age of 25, Li Dan went home to visit relatives and saw that there were many barren land in the village. The weeds in the paddy field were more than two meters high, and the land was full of large and small trees. We are working hard in farmland. That year, for farmers, the land was the roots of life. It is a pity to see a large area of ​​land wasteland. "Perhaps because of the strength of the peasant son flowing in the blood, it drove what he wanted to do, and he couldn't let the farmland go so barren." Li Dan told reporters that he had the idea of ​​returning home to start a business, and Starting market inspection.

After a period of thinking and visit, Li Dan learned that the demand for lotus root in Fengdu County is large, but the local planting area is small and the product supply is insufficient. At 4 to 8 yuan, it can even be sold to more than 10 yuan per kilogram when it is tight, which is much higher than that of some lotus root production areas. Due to the high output, good sales and high prices, the output value of lotus root growers in Fengdu County can reach 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, and the highest ones can even exceed 10,000 yuan. This cannot be imagined in Pingyuan Lake District. The ecological environment in Wenjiabian Village is excellent, convenient for water and no pollution. In addition, the paddy field is very suitable for large -scale planting lotus root, which is easy to manage and greatly reduce costs.

Workers of Gongdu County Agricultural and Broadcasting School investigations at the base

In 2013, Li Dan raised funds to plant nearly 30 acres of lotus root. "At first, I knew it about the planting of the lotus root, but just tied it, what kind of fertilizer should be sprinkled, what medicine should be used for disease, these do not understand, there is no technology, and there is no sales." Li Dan admitted.由于没有经验，李丹种植莲藕的头几年遇到了很多挫折和困难：种植莲藕的第一年，选种失败，种出来的莲藕产量低，品相也不好，也没什么销路，只能1 The yuan is sold for each kilogram; the variety was replaced in the second year, but the drought was suffered during the growing period of the lotus root, which led to a large area of ​​lotus root reduction; in the third year, it was ill again. , I ca n’t sell it well. At the end of the year, the revenue and expenditure were clear. It lost nearly 300,000 yuan in three years. Planting lotus root is not as simple as he imagined, and his confidence has caused a great blow to him. He regrets and retreats. When he was frustrated and was about to fight "retreat", Fengdu County Nongguang School learned about his situation, invited him to participate in the training of new professional farmers, and contacted the agricultural technicians to the base to help him solve the difficulties. He gave him a lotus root planting technology and learning materials, and introduced him to the good experience of planting lotus root in other areas.

With the guidance and help of the technicians, Li Dan, who did not accept losses, summarized his experience. After gradually mastering the planting technology, he expanded the planting scale to 60 acres in 2017. "From the selection, planting, fertilization, and excavation, I have been myself. Persistence at the difficulty may be the beginning of success." Li Dan told reporters with a smile. By selecting excellent varieties, scientific management, soil measurement formula fertilization, mechanized digging, kung fu is not responsible for people, the lotus root planted by Li Dan, excellent selling appearance, and affordable price, there is a stream of merchants who find him to order lotus root. In just a few months, Li Dan included 500,000 yuan, and Li Dan became a well -known talent with a well -known family. "My personality is not accepting losses. These 10 years of entrepreneurship depends on this persistence and persistence." Li Dan said with a smile.

Lotus root base

Increase income income in combination

In order to prevent the water quality from deteriorating, the traditional black spots, the traditional processing method is that in winter, after the harvest of the pupa, the water is completely dried up. It was disinfected by the whole field before the planting of the ravioli in April the next year.

Li Dan believes that this method is not economical, because it is necessary to dry and disinfection. Disinfection measures will completely kill the first year's seedlings. One month, the new launch was late, and the price could not be sold. Planting benefits would be greatly reduced.

How can we keep the next year and purify the water quality? Li Dan started to ponder. Li Dan thought of breeding some aquatic products in Lao Tianzhong to purify water quality, not only saving costs, but also another way to make money.

Li Dan began to test. He first chose to raise Baiyu in the fields, because Bai Yan is a water water, and he loves to eat plankton and can purify the water quality. The fish is placed in the pond, the lotus leaves grow up, covering all the ponds, and the oxygen is not sufficient. In addition, the lotus stalks are thorns. A few fish,

Li Dan put twenty or thirty white crickets in one acre of the experiment. This amount is too small, and the effect of purifying the water quality is not obvious; it is not possible to put it too much, and the fish can easily die of oxygen. White 鲢 is not resistant to low oxygen, Li Dan tried to put loach and yellow crickets. Loos and yellow crickets can resist low oxygen. One acre poured into 100,000 pieces at once. It would not be hypoxic, but also purified the water quality, because loach is a omnivorous animal, aquatic insects, crustaceans, rotten roots, etc. Can eat.

"The lotus leaves can give loach sun -shade, and loach does not affect the growth of lotus root. Each acre of ravioli is about 1500 kg per year and the loach is more than 50 kg." Li Dan said that the loach is strong, the breeding cost is low, and the wholesale price is two per kilogram. Thirty yuan, the supply is in short supply, each acre can bring two or three thousand yuan per year. By raising high -quality loach varieties such as Thailand's Golden Fasting and Taiwan Da Loch, it also avoids the production risk brought by a lotus root planting.

Li Dan also quotes different varieties of mature periods such as Hubei No. 5, 6 and pearls, and matches different varieties of early, middle, and late maturity. By the time on demand supply, avoiding the occurrence of slow -moving markets to avoid concentrated listing. At the same time, the listing time of the lotus root of Dalu and the large number of lotus roots in the Pingyuan Lake District are staggered.

"Now that agriculture is different from the past, we must keep up with the situation and believe in science." Li Dan said that a few years ago, he was still the "foreign man" of the agricultural "foreigner" and did not understand planting and breeding. Through the continuous exploration of these years and the guidance of experts, he avoided a lot of misunderstandings, also restored many economic losses, and became increasingly felt the charm of agricultural technology.

Establish a sense of brand cooperation and get out of the common path

The success of Li Dan's lotus root and ecological raising loach not only inserted the wings of taking off to his entrepreneurial dream, but also brought a replicable template for the surrounding people. Buy seedlings. Li Dan taught the seeds and experiences to the local folks without reservation, and took them to the road to growing lotus root. At the same time, Li Dan drove the surrounding people to achieve employment at home through land transfer and labor employment.

"The country's policy is good. Not only does it give us funding support, but also the leaders of the leaders to teach experience, we will definitely do it well." Dai Tingyi is the villagers of Wenjiabian Village. With the help of Li Dan, he also planted Nearly 3 acres of lotus root have achieved income increase. Li Dan said, "As long as the farmers around you need it, I will give them the seeds."

"There are nearly 1,000 acres of paddy fields in Wenjiabian Village. As long as it can be effectively used and for various cultivation, you will not worry about finding the way to increase the income and get rich." Li Dan said full of confidence. In order to better develop markets, build brands, improve the degree of organizationalization, and promote agricultural industrialization, in 2015, Li Dan led the establishment of Fengdu County Fengxuan Planting Professional Cooperative to actively teach the lotus root planting technology to the villagers, and drive the village and the village and the village and the village and the village and the village and the village and the village The surrounding farmers were employed nearby, including 13 households and 45 poor households. In order to improve the market competitiveness of the product, the cooperative has registered the "Feng Ye" trademark based on sales, and implemented unified acquisitions, unified brands, unified quality, and unified sales. Taking agricultural capital procurement as an example, before the establishment of the cooperative, there are unreasonable medications and high fertilizer procurement costs. After the establishment of the cooperative, unified procurement and unified supply not only ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products, but also reduce production costs to a certain extent. Since the establishment of the cooperative, it has accumulated more than 800 acres of wasteland land, make full use of idle land, carry out intensive production and refined management, develop more than 580 acres of lotus root bases, and issue a total of more than 500,000 yuan in wages of various workers each year. In 2021, the cooperatives realized the sales revenue of various types of products throughout the year 3.38 million yuan, the total profit was 1.05 million yuan, and the average farmers increased their income of 3802 yuan.

At the base, Li Dan pointed to a idle land in front of him and said to reporters: "We consider building farmhouses in this place, supporting the construction of lotus viewing trails, fishing grounds, and creating new types of agricultural professional cooperatives integrating tourism and leisure and entertainment. "Li Dan told reporters that the whole body of the lotus root is a treasure. Now the cooperative has built the factory building, preparing to deeply process lotus root, make lotus powder, lotus leaves, and process lotus leaf tea for sales. Add value.

Through more than 10 years of entrepreneurial hard work, Li Dan explored the road of entrepreneurship in the world of agriculture, realized his ideals, and also made the economic development of remote small villages active, and promoted the revitalization of the countryside. Today's Wenjiabian Village is full of fields, lotus fragrance everywhere, and the days of folks are getting more and more popular.

Source: Urban and Rural Coordinated Development Network

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