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Farmers Gain Benefits By Planting Mulberry And Raising Silkworms

2010/12/13 15:37:00 93

This year, farmers in Feixi County planted mulberry and sericulture made a small profit.

Because the price of cocoon has reached a record high this year, with an average purchase price of 33 yuan / kg, reaching a maximum price of 37 yuan / kg, while the purchase price of cocoon is less than 10 yuan / kilogram at the lowest level 3 years ago.

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Pu Yuhua, an analyst at the Research Institute, said that according to the current market situation, farmers have earned money in planting mulberry and silkworms, and sericulture industry has ushered in a good opportunity. Mulberry is a drought resistant and waterlogging resistant species suitable for planting in the watershed area of Hefei.

The sericulture industry will welcome this year.

It is understood that the sericulture industry in our city is mainly distributed in the Jianghuai watershed area. Feixi County accounts for more than 90% of Hefei's share. Because of the good market in recent years, the sericulture industry in this county has developed rapidly, especially the quality of cocoons is among the best in the province.

"The average purchasing price of cocoons is 33 yuan / kg this year, up to 37 yuan / kg, which is the highest price in the last 10 years."

Chao Wenqing, director of Feixi sericulture office, said that because of the large volume of silk exports in China, the price of silkworm cocoons was affected by the international market, and the market volatility was relatively large.

Since the late 1990s, the cocoon market has been hovering in the low valley. In 2008, the purchasing price of spring cocoons was only 10 yuan / kg, but in the second half of the year, it rebounded to 20 yuan / kg. Last autumn, the cocoon reached 26 yuan / kg.

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Pu Yuhua, a researcher at the Research Institute, told reporters that 3 acres of mulberry silkworm could be raised in mulberry orchards, and 100 silkworms could produce cocoons per silkworm. Farmers could raise silkworms for 3 seasons in a year, while the cost of silkworm breeding was less than 25%.

"At the price of 33 yuan / kilogram, 1 mu of mulberry garden has achieved more than 20 thousand yuan in 1 years, and farmers are still very profitable in planting silkworms and raising silkworms."

Pu Yuhua said.

Jianghuai watershed suitable for planting mulberry

Because of the good market and high output value, especially after the popularization of silkworm cultivation technology, social capital has been injected.

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Chao Wenqing introduced that at present, the mulberry garden area in Feixi county is about 40 thousand mu, and about 8000 farmers are engaged in planting mulberry and raising silkworms, and sericultural farmers earn more than 60 million yuan.

Among them, there are more and more sericulture households. In this county, there are about 1200 households with more than 10 silkworms, and some sericulture farmers have 30 sericultural species in one season. When they are busy, more than ten workers are required to help.

"Three counties and towns in Hefei are located in the watershed area of the Yangtze Huaihe River Basin. They are easy to dry and waterlogging, and are not suitable for developing large crops. Mulberry is a drought resistant and waterlogging resistant species. It can be planted in three counties of Hefei."

Pu Yuhua analyzed that mulberry tree is a treasure, besides mulberry leaves and mulberry branches, it can be used as Chinese herbal medicine. Mulberry branches can also cultivate edible fungi, and mulberry can be used as fruit.

In addition, mulberry root system is developed, which is good for soil and water conservation. It is environmentally friendly and can be used as landscaping tree species.

The risk of comprehensive development of silkworm mulberry is small.

Facing the current good market situation of cocoon market, Chao Wenqing is worried.

In the past few years, cocoons were hard to sell, and the pain of farmers destroying mulberry has not yet been forgotten.

"Cocoon price fluctuates too much, and sericulture industry has a great risk.

Only by seeking comprehensive development of silkworm eggs can we achieve sustainable development. When the price of silkworm cocoons is low, let farmers earn money from other ways through mulberry trees.

Chao Wenqing said.

Through several years of exploration, Feixi county has gone out of a new path in the comprehensive development of silkworm eggs. Sericulture is no longer the sole purpose of planting mulberry.

According to Chao Wenqing, the county uses the mulberry garden to set up chrysanthemum, which can increase 1000 yuan per mu.

In addition, by linking up with the market of Chinese herbal medicines in Bozhou, farmers can earn a penny by converting mulberry leaves and mulberry branches into medicinal materials, and silkworm excrement is a good raw material for the development of biogas, and the development of silkworm eggs has also promoted the development of rural biogas.

Using mulberry branches to cultivate edible fungi and using mulberry fields for breeding is also actively exploring.

The next step is to develop sericultural leisure tourism by introducing fruit mulberry varieties and colorful cocoon culture techniques (colored cocoons can be made into handicrafts or pet silkworms).