Ning County, Gansu Province, Embarks on a Path of Rural Revitalization and Ecological Priority with the "Three-way" Circular Agricultural Model

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Ning County, Gansu Province, has embarked on a path of rural revitalization with ecological priority and green development through its "three-way" circular agricultural model, smart agricultural technology, and six major industrial clusters. The county has established a comprehensive edible mushroom industry chain base, which annually digests 140,000 tons of wheat straw and 90,000 tons of livestock and poultry manure, producing 6,900 tons of Agaricus bisporus with a production value of 77 million yuan. The county is also promoting a "courtyard economy" in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on honeysuckle, and has cultivated a total of 92,300 mu of honeysuckle, established 21 demonstration sites covering 1,000 mu, and introduced 12 deep-processing enterprises to develop high-value-added products.

Key Takeaways:

  • The "three-way" circular agricultural system, with planting as its foundation, livestock farming as its driving force, and mushroom farming as its link, has been established in Xili Village, Jiaocun Town, with a comprehensive edible mushroom industry chain base that annually digests 140,000 tons of wheat straw and 90,000 tons of livestock and poultry manure.
  • The base produces 6,900 tons of Agaricus bisporus with a production value of 77 million yuan, and mushroom residue and waste are processed and converted into organic fertilizer and feed, forming an integrated closed loop of "planting-breeding-mushroom-fertilizer-feeding."
  • The county has promoted a "courtyard economy" in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on honeysuckle, and has cultivated a total of 92,300 mu of honeysuckle, established 21 demonstration sites covering 1,000 mu, and introduced 12 deep-processing enterprises to develop high-value-added products.
  • The county has established a "Smart Agricultural Meteorological Station + Soil Moisture Monitoring Network," which has deployed 28 soil moisture monitoring points throughout the county, collecting real-time data on soil temperature, humidity, and other data.
  • The county has also collaborated on a pilot project for a "Beidou Navigation + 5G IoT" mulching system, which has achieved a closed-loop management system of "intelligent mulching + precise management and maintenance."
  • The six major industrial clusters, namely grain, apples, edible fungi, Chinese medicinal materials, vegetables, and grass and livestock, have been upgraded and have reached significant milestones, such as the grain industry producing an annual output value exceeding 1 billion yuan.
  • The county has implemented a policy to subsidize the purchase of agricultural machinery, allocating 22.79 million yuan over the past two years to benefit 1,859 farmers, and has also included mulched crops grown under frost protection in its policy-based agricultural insurance program.

Statistics:

  • The comprehensive edible mushroom industry chain base annually digests 140,000 tons of wheat straw and 90,000 tons of livestock and poultry manure.
  • The base produces 6,900 tons of Agaricus bisporus with a production value of 77 million yuan.
  • The county has cultivated a total of 92,300 mu of honeysuckle.
  • The county has established 21 demonstration sites covering 1,000 mu for honeysuckle cultivation.
  • The county has introduced 12 deep-processing enterprises to develop high-value-added products of honeysuckle.
  • The county has invested 22.79 million yuan to subsidize the purchase of agricultural machinery over the past two years, benefiting 1,859 farmers.
  • The county has established a "Smart Agricultural Meteorological Station + Soil Moisture Monitoring Network" with 28 soil moisture monitoring points.
  • The county has collaborated on a pilot project for a "Beidou Navigation + 5G IoT" mulching system.

Sources:

  • Ningxian.gov.cn: "Ning County Embarks on a Path of Rural Revitalization and Ecological Priority with the 'Three-way' Circular Agricultural Model" (note: the original story is in Chinese)
  • https://www.ningxian.gov.cn/xwzx/zwyw/content_83232 (the official website of Ning County Government, with the original story and other related information)