Industrial Cluster: The Total Output Value Of Sericulture In Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province Reached 300 Million Yuan Last Year

In 2022, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province, adhering to the working philosophy of "promoting excellence with special features and strengthening the special with excellent features", will focus on promoting the profound development of the sericulture industry and inject new vitality into rural revitalization and farmers' income.

The sericulture industry is the leading industry for farmers in Yangcheng County to increase employment and income. In order to further improve and strengthen the sericulture industry, the sericulture center of the county will establish sericulture as a business in 2022, take sericulture as the foundation, strengthen scientific research and innovation, and realize diversified development of the sericulture industry. By vigorously implementing the joint seed production mode of "cocoon+technology" and "labor+materials", silkworm egg production has greatly improved the quality of seed production, saved labor costs, and explored a new way of silkworm egg production. In terms of scientific and technological innovation, by vigorously implementing the popularization project of new varieties and new technologies, the popularization rate of fine mulberry and silkworm varieties in the whole county has reached 100%, the number of small silkworms is 2523 in total, 6000 in greenhouses, 3000 in factory track, 1 million in square cocoons, and the instrument evaluation acquisition has been popularized, forming the overall combined force of standardized production and major technological innovation and promotion of the silkworm industry, The benefit of sericulture was further enhanced. At the same time, Yangcheng County also strengthened the construction of sericulture industry projects, carried out new layout of modern parks, constantly promoted the construction of provincial and municipal sericulture modern industrial parks, and completed the construction of sericulture incubation center, sericulture integration development demonstration park, fruit base and other projects successively; Accelerated the construction of mulberry yellow, medicinal tea processing workshops, mulberry deep processing plant reconstruction and production lines and other projects.

According to statistics, in 2022, Yangcheng County will distribute 35600 seeds, achieve a cocoon output of 1677000 kg, cocoon income of 88.3 million yuan, and comprehensive output value of 300 million yuan; The number of silkworm rearing and cocoon production accounted for 90.7% of the city's total and 86.8% of the province's total.

The vigorous development of the sericulture industry has also boosted the revitalization of the countryside and led to the employment and income increase of the masses. In 2022, there will be 198 out of poverty households and 462 people from 3 monitoring households in 45 administrative villages of 8 towns and townships in the county engaged in sericulture industry, 636.25 silkworms will be raised, the income will be 1.317 million yuan, and the average household income will increase by 6653 yuan.

(Source: Yangcheng County People's Government website)