Dam areas established to boost agriculture in Xiuwen

Xiuwen county in Guiyang, capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou province, plans to construct 21 dam areas to develop agricultural industries in 2020.

Among the newly built dam areas, there will be two demonstration areas at the provincial level and 11 will be qualified as standard areas.

The county has planted vegetables over 5,303 mu (353.53 hectares), mushrooms covering 320 mu, 260 mu of herbs, 4,222 mu of fruit trees and other cash crops covering 1,555 mu. There is also 6,630.4 mu land that has been allocated to farming.

With the help from Guiyang Agricultural Investment Development Group and Xiuwen Cooperative Group, the county is committed to developing contract farming.

The idyllic scenery of the dam area in Xiuwen county, in Guiyang city. [Photo/gog.cn]

It will do so by promoting cooperation between leading enterprises, cooperatives and farmers, which will aim to promote brand-building and stimulate initiatives by farmers.

The cooperation mode is expected to ensure the coverage rate of fine animal breeds reaches 100 percent and the green prevention and control rate tops 60 percent.

In Xiuwen, priority is being attached to helping develop five leading enterprises at the county level and 29 specialized farmer cooperatives, aiming to create 17,000 mu of industry bases featuring land circulation, stock cooperatives and made-to-order supplies.

The land circulation rate has reached about 66 percent and the coverage rate of business entity to exceed 85 percent.

Kiwi fruits hang abundantly on trees in Xiuwen county. [Photo/gog.cn]

Xiuwen issued an implementation plan on rural industries which stipulated to allocate 20 million yuan ($2.93 million) as subsidies to support business entities on farming, land circulation, and special insurance.

About 42.5 million yuan would be used to implement 12 projects of high-standard farmland construction so that 35.8-kilometer country roads and 4.9-km irrigation channels would be built.

The projects will bring benefits to more than 15,000 mu dam area, ensuring the effective irrigation rate reach to 80 percent and the accessibility rate of country roads exceed 90 percent.

The county also set up a capital pooling at the standard of 100 yuan per year for each mu. The money is prepared to subsidize the reduction of agricultural product yields and sales caused by natural disasters and market risks.

Delicious peaches ripen in Xiuwen county. [Photo/gog.cn]