Yingshan, Sichuan: Featured forests and fruits pave the way for wealth and income growth

On July 11th, in Lujing Village, Lujing Town, Yingshan County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, the live broadcast room of Shenguang Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. was lively. Fresh fruit placed at home can purify the air and eliminate odors; when used as medicine, it can soothe the liver, nourish the stomach, invigorate the spleen and regulate qi; and when processed into candied fruits, it is a special snack for relieving greasiness and resolving phlegm. Staff members held freshly picked Buddha's hands and explained the diverse values of Buddha's hands to online consumers in detail.

I will transform the idle and vacated Sichuan pepper industrial park and plant Buddha's hand. Last year, the fruit trees first bore fruit, with a total output of nearly 10000 kilograms. This year, many plants have entered the peak production period, and the estimated total output can reach 50000 kilograms. By next year, the vast majority of fruit trees will enter the peak fruiting period, and the output can double again, "said Lin Wanming.

Lin Wanming, originally from Fujian, was deeply involved in the construction industry in his early years. In 2023, recommended by a friend who runs a mountain village, he came to Lujing Village in Lujing Town to develop characteristic planting. He led the establishment of the Meng'enchuan Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Professional Cooperative in Yingshan County, revitalized the inefficient industrial park, and transferred 800 acres of land, planting more than 35000 Buddha's hand trees. Last year, Foshou achieved its first fruit, and he immediately registered and established Shenguang Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Yingshan County, specializing in online e-commerce sales of Foshou.

The author followed the head of the cooperative, Lin Wanming, into the cooperative's Buddhist hand planting base. The fields were bustling with activity: villagers were operating machinery and equipment to clear weeds, while others were carrying bamboo baskets and shuttling through the forest to pick mature Buddhist hands. Lin Wanming introduced that the base conducts centralized weeding twice a year in spring and summer: weeding in spring is convenient for subsequent fertilization of fruit trees; Summer weeding clears obstacles for picking operations; During the spring and autumn breaks, weeds in the forest are preserved to provide shade, moisture and soil protection.

The author also found at the planting base that the branches of the Buddha's hand tree were covered with fresh Buddha's hand fruits of different sizes, and various Buddha's hand flowers bloomed one after another, presenting a unique scenery of "flowers and fruits on the same tree". The flowering period of bergamot is long, from spring to autumn, and the fresh fruit harvesting cycle also extends from spring to winter, "Lin Wanming answered the author's question. The maturity cycle of bergamot hanging fruits varies, ranging from as short as three months to as long as more than six months, so the base can continue to harvest fresh fruits all year round.

According to Lin Wanming, the specialized cooperative has been absorbing local villagers to work nearby for a long time. Currently, 5 villagers are stable on duty, and more than 20 people can be employed during peak picking and maintenance periods. The annual average salary for migrant workers is over 80000 yuan. After planting fruit trees for three years, they will gradually enter the peak season, and the demand for field management and harvesting labor will continue to rise. It is expected that the salary for migrant workers will exceed 100000 yuan this year, "said Lin Wanming.

It is reported that in addition to Lujing Town, several townships such as Huilong, Dongsheng, Huangdu, and Xindian have established Buddha's hand planting bases. The business model of "company+cooperative+villagers' equity participation and dividends" is widely implemented, and the total area of Buddha's hand planting in the county exceeds 3000 acres. Many fruit trees in the base have entered the stage of high yield.

We extensively purchase fresh bergamot fruits from both inside and outside the county, relying on the online channels of Shenguang Agriculture for unified export. This not only broadens the sales channels for farmers in various regions, boosts their confidence in planting, and builds a solid production and sales support for the large-scale development of the bergamot industry in the county, but also creates revenue for the enterprise itself, achieving a win-win situation for all parties, "said Lin Wanming.

Next, Zhuanhe Society will plan and construct a primary processing plant for Buddhist handicrafts, continuously expand the standardized planting scale, create a complete industrial chain integrating 'planting processing sales', absorb more local employment opportunities for villagers, and rely on the characteristic Buddhist handicraft industry to drive stable income growth and common prosperity for the masses, "said Lin Wanming. (Guo Ming)