“When planting, first soak the roots of the mulberry seedlings. The pit should be deeper, put fertilizer at the bottom, and then compact the soil…” On February 14, spring was in full swing, in Santai Village, Huangsha Town. A lively farming scene of planting mulberry trees is staged.
On the same day, after the ceremony in which Gaoxian Qingyu Trading Co., Ltd. donated nearly 70,000 mulberry seedlings to Huangsha Town, experts in sericulture and mulberry breeding taught the local villagers about mulberry tree planting.
The silkworm industry has a long history in Huangsha Town. How to revitalize the traditional industry? Since 2021, the Huangsha Town Party Committee and Government have organized town and village cadres and sericulture growers to visit various places for inspections, exchanges and studies, formulated industrial development plans, introduced powerful enterprises to join forces, encouraged villagers to develop the sericulture industry, and made traditional industries a common industry for villagers. A new breakthrough in increasing income.
“This donation involves more than 100 acres of planting area, and the town’s mulberry planting area will reach more than 400 acres by then.” Yang Xiaoke, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Huangsha Town, said that relying on good ecological conditions and planting Breeding atmosphere, as well as the introduction of advanced technology and management experience from enterprises, in the next step, Huangsha Town will make the industry stronger and bigger through measures such as securing funds and improving the industrial chain, so that the dividends of industrial development can benefit more people.
“I used to raise silkworms, and I came here today to get more than two thousand mulberry seedlings. I want to grow more mulberry trees and raise more silkworms, and try to make more money.” Liu Zeheng, a villager in Santai Village, said happily. He said that sericulture has high economic benefits. Now with the strong support of the party committee and government, and the introduction of technology and channels from enterprises, “we have the confidence and strength to develop the sericulture industry.”
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