The Way Of "Cocoon Breaking" Of Dandong Tussah

After the implementation of the natural forest protection project, farmers living in remote mountainous areas in Dandong for generations have lost their way of production.

In particular, the area of silkworm reforestation has reached 800 thousand mu, accounting for 25% of the total area of silkworm farms.

How can we find a way to get rich for the peasants between development and protection?

In 2004, the Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County promulgated the regulations on Tussah yard management, and actively guided farmers to strengthen the ecological construction of tussah farms and carry out scientific management.

Through replanting oak trees and planting oak seedlings, in the past 3 years, the tussah farms in Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County have been upgraded and rebuilt for more than 50 thousand mu. The situation of serious desertification and soil erosion caused by predatory stocking in some silkworm farms has been completely changed. The ecological tussah farms in the county have reached 120 thousand mu.

Peng Guangchen, the 10 group of silkworm farmers in Xiangyang Village, Chang Dian Town, has led the silkworm farmers to grow 2000 mu of tussah farms in the past two years, and planted 100 thousand seedlings of small oak trees. The annual income of silkworm rearing in spring and autumn is more than 30 thousand yuan per year.

Through structural adjustment, at present, Dandong has completed 1 million 200 thousand mu of silkworm reforestation and fruit cultivation, with an area of 2 million mu.

The proportion of silkworm farm to total woodland decreased from 21.3% to 13.3%, and the proportion of silkworm and silkworm tended to be reasonable.

The ecological environment of the silkworm farm has been improved by taking comprehensive measures such as silkworm rearing, middle cutting, turning and small watershed management.

     從廣放薄收到精養細放

This year, in the case of extreme weather disasters such as low temperature and freezing, Dandong silkworm is still enjoying a bumper harvest. The silkworm cocoon of spring produces 162 million grains, with an average yield of 40 thousand, an increase of 50% and 45.5% respectively over the previous year.

This achievement is by no means accidental.

How can we not reduce the income of farmers and maximize the efficiency while reducing the area of aquaculture?

Over the years, sericultural sericulture and sericulture farmers in Dandong have been making useful attempts.

In 2003, the Fengcheng sericulture Association, which was made up of leading enterprises of cocoon processing, scientific research experts of sericulture, well-known cocoon brokers, quality and reliable silkworm production units and experienced sericultural experts, was set up.

The establishment of the association enables local sericulture to achieve scientific management and intensive operation.

Now, the average yield per unit of silkworm cocoon has reached 75 thousand, which is 10% higher than that before the establishment of the association, and the 100% rate of the hybrid production of tussah has reached 100%.

Now the association has 1320 members and 47 members. The average income of silkworm farmers has increased by 750 yuan over the past.

The silkworm farms in different areas of Dandong can pform the traditional tussah silkworm production into extensive cultivation by means of various forms, so as to increase the potential production potential of silkworm farms without increasing the area of silkworm farms and reducing the amount of seeds planted.

Through scientific silkworm breeding, we constantly improve the output and quality of cocoons. Through popularizing and popularizing hybrid species to achieve better seed production, we can improve the cocoon yield by doing well the comprehensive prevention and control of "three diseases and two pests" of tussah, and through scientific and technological innovation, the cocoon output per unit area of tussah has increased by 50%.

At the same time, the comprehensive utilization and three-dimensional development of silkworm farms were also carried out.

By prolonging the renewal cycle of oak trees, keeping silkworms on trees, planting Gastrodia elata, Auricularia auricula and various edible fungi under trees, the comprehensive benefits of tussah farms can be effectively improved.

In 2007, the output of Dandong tussah cocoons reached 17 thousand and 500 tons, creating the best historical yield per unit area. The annual sericultural income was 280 million yuan, and the household income reached 11 thousand and 600 yuan.

     從衰落走向復興

Dandong's tussah silk industry has been brilliant and enjoys the reputation of "Silk City".

At that time, the annual output value of the silk industry in the city ranged from 350 million yuan to 450 million yuan.

However, since the early 90s of last century, due to lack of funds for technological pformation and research and development, resulting in outdated color varieties and shrinking product market, local large tussah silk textile factories broke down or stopped production, and the Dandong tussah silk industry declined.

But Dandong has not abandoned it and actively seeks the road to revival.

Although the silk industry is shrinking, Dandong's resource advantages are still in existence. The 50 Silk Reeling and silk processing enterprises in the city have 15 thousand tons of cocoons per year.

Therefore, Dandong has established a new development idea: giving full play to the basic resources of the existing silk industry, encouraging and supporting foreign capital and private capital to enter the silk industry.

We should accelerate the integration of resources, reorganization of assets and pformation of mechanisms, increase product development and technological pformation, improve the processing capacity and level of tussah cocoons, and promote the development and expansion of Tussah Silkworm bases.

The provincial high-tech enterprises and Liaoning Tussah Silk Science Research Institute Limited liability company used new technology to pform and upgrade traditional industries, and invested about 20000000 yuan to introduce foreign advanced production lines and new technologies, so that the traditional silk industry derived from series of new products such as home textiles, cosmetics, health wine, craft and so on.

At the same time, the products development and technical pformation of Dandong Unet Textile Co., Ltd. and Dandong Tianli silk Co., Ltd. are also in full swing.

The goal of Dandong is to complete the upgrading and upgrading of the silk industry in three years. In 2010, sales revenue was 1 billion yuan, profits and taxes were 80 million yuan, and the annual increase was 26%.

The revitalization of Dandong tussah silk industry is just around the corner.