Yunnan's autumn harvest: the "rice+" model helps increase ecological income

Kunming, 20 Oct (Xinhua) -- In the golden autumn and October, the fields of Yunling Land were full of gold, and the masses were busy harvesting a bumper harvest
in the fields.
While the rice harvest is bumper, fish, ducks, shrimp, etc.
that live in symbiosis with rice are also ushering in a bumper harvest, and the "rice+" model explored in Yunnan is helping farmers to achieve ecological income
increase.

In Ajike Village, Xinjie Township, Yuanyang County, villager Gao Yanmiao cooks fish
caught from the terraces for tourists.
"Rice fish is a
must-order dish for tourists.
" Gao Yanmiao said that with the help of the local government and agricultural technicians, the fish cultivated under the "rice fish" model is more delicious and widely loved
.

In the past, the Gaoyan family only used terraces to grow red rice, and although the price of red rice was higher than that of ordinary rice, the yield was not improved and the income was limited
.
Later, the village developed an integrated industry of agriculture and tourism, and Gaoyan Miao saw business opportunities, opened farmhouses, engaged in ecological breeding, and provided catering services
for tourists.
Today, rice fish alone generate about 3,000 yuan a year for
high-smoke fry.

"Under the ecological breeding mode, the average income per mu can increase by about
1,000 yuan.
" Zhu Jinping, head of the planting industry and pesticide management department of the Yuanyang County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, said that agricultural technicians went to the field to guide growers in scientific ecological cultivation and subsidized some fish fry to help improve the efficiency of
mu yield.

Dao Jinrong, senior agronomist of Yunnan Agricultural Technology Extension Station, has been paying attention to and promoting the promotion of the "rice +" model, in his opinion, the "rice +" model is an important way and measure
to improve the efficiency of rice acres and stabilize rice area.
Recently, he has been busy checking the effectiveness
of the "rice+" model in the rice harvesting area.

In recent years, with the close cooperation of all parties, various parts of Yunnan have carried out the "rice +" ecological cultivation model according to local conditions, and the models of "rice duck and fish" in Hani terraces, "rice duck fish fruit" in Xinping, and "rice fish and vegetables" in Tonghai have become models of ecological breeding
.

In Baiwu Village, Nagu Town, Aizawa County, the ecological cycle cultivation mode of "rice, fish, shrimp and vegetables" ushered in a bumper harvest
.
"We plan the land function according to the ecological cycle farming model to maximize the value of
each space.
" Grower Li Wengao said that they mainly cultivate rice with ecology, allowing fish and shrimp to run around the rice field, and the corn on the ridge of the field becomes feed for fish and shrimp, and the silt mixed with fish and shrimp feces becomes fertilizer
.

"Each mu of fish and shrimp can increase the income by about
1,500 yuan.
" Li Wengao said that with the help of the "rice +" model, rice shrimp sold for 140,000 yuan this year, the price of ecological rice has doubled compared with ordinary rice, and the supply exceeds demand, and the income per mu of rice straw can increase by about
700 yuan.

"The rice+ model also reconstructs the rice field ecosystem
.
" Dao Jinrong said that farmers have reduced the amount of
pesticides and fertilizers through the ecological breeding model.
(Editor Li Chuang)