In the golden autumn season, the land of Sanqin ushers in a bountiful harvest season. Busy figures of the masses can be seen everywhere in rice fields, orchards, and agricultural product processing workshops.
Industrial revitalization is the top priority of rural revitalization. In recent years, Shaanxi has actively promoted the high-quality development of rural industries, striving to do a good job in “local specialties”, and striving to transform rural resource and ecological advantages into product and industrial advantages.
Yangxian County, Hanzhong City, is famous for its crested ibis. Ke Hongjun, Director of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Yangxian County, said, “Crested ibis are very picky about their living environment. We are taking the path of protecting Crested ibis and promoting green development.” Local people take good care of their natural homes, including closing mountains for afforestation, planting trees and grass, releasing fish fry, restoring natural wetlands, not using pesticides and fertilizers in farmland, and prohibiting large-scale industrial activities that damage the ecology.
Ecological advantages have created favorable conditions for the local development of organic industries. Yangxian has built an organic industrial park that integrates product research and development, processing, logistics, information, and services. As of the end of 2022, a total of 15 categories and 110 types of organic products have been certified, with an organic certification area of 175000 acres; Register more than 50 types of “Crested Ibis Brand” trademarks in 6 categories, 2 collective trademarks of “Crested Ibis Origin”, and 21 product trademarks; Build 10 organic industry demonstration towns, 10 organic production benchmark demonstration bases, and 10 organic product benchmark demonstration processing production lines.
According to reports, the total output of kiwifruit in Meixian County in 2022 is 535000 tons, with a comprehensive output value exceeding 6 billion yuan. Currently, there are 55 kiwifruit production and processing enterprises, 189 professional cooperatives, over 300 intermediary service institutions for fruit industry development, and 4700 various cold storage facilities, with a storage capacity of 300000 tons. The entire county has formed a complete industrial chain led by the national wholesale market, linked by professional cooperatives, and supported by standardized production bases, integrating production, storage, processing, and sales.
In the intelligent sorting workshop of Yangang Economic and Trade Fruit Industry Co., Ltd., each red apple undergoes a “physical examination” on the intelligent fruit selection line and is distributed to various transportation belts for packaging into boxes. The intelligent fruit selection line sorts based on measured data such as weight, shape, and sugar content. Each apple leaves dozens of photos, and the information can be traced, “said Cao Long, the relevant person in charge of the workshop.
The refined sorting, standardized sales, and digital and intelligent empowerment of the apple industry have boosted the pockets of the masses. According to reports, Luochuan County is equipped with 36 4.0 intelligent fruit selection lines, with an hourly fruit selection capacity of 300 tons. 90% of the apples in the county have achieved grading, price sharing, and value-added protection, driving fruit farmers to increase their income by 480 million yuan. This year, Luochuan has sold 150000 tons of apples, with nearly 1.2 billion yuan put into the pockets of the people, “said Zhang Junqi, Deputy County Mayor of Luochuan County.
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