Xichong, Sichuan: “Golden Cocoon” yields high yields and farmers’ incomes increase
In autumn, silkworm farmers in Xichong County, Sichuan Province ushered in the harvest season of silkworm cocoons. In the workshop of the Damaoping Sericulture Professional Cooperative in Yongqing Community, Nantai Street, the county, more than a dozen members were busy Picking yellow silkworm cocoons.
At the entrance of the community’s cocoon purchasing station, villagers waiting to buy cocoons lined up in a long queue. Inside the purchasing station, purchasing personnel were busy checking grades, weighing, accounting, and drying… There were baskets of golden “golden cocoons” in the warehouse. “Arranged neatly, they look bright and eye-catching.
“The sericulture industry has always been a traditional industry in our community. We not only plant more than 300 acres of mulberry trees here, but also have a special co-breeding room for small silkworms, a sericulture greenhouse, and a cocoon drying room…” According to Da Maoping Silkworm Wang Chiyu, head of the industrial cooperative, said that in order to develop the collective economy and increase farmers’ income, the community established the Damaoping Sericulture Professional Cooperative in 2017 to promote sericulture in the community, adopting the “cooperative + farmer” model and implementing unified seed ordering, Unified management, unified acquisition.
“This is our third batch of ‘golden cocoons’ this year! There are more than 50 silkworms in this batch. According to the current market situation, it is expected to sell more than 100,000 yuan.” Wang Chiyu said , the cooperative began to introduce trial breeding of colorful “golden cocoons” last year. The golden-colored “golden cocoons” are no different from ordinary silkworms in the way they are raised, but they have better disease resistance. The cocoons produced are naturally golden and do not require post-chemical dyeing after reeling. Compared with ordinary silkworms, White cocoons have stronger antibacterial capabilities and are more environmentally friendly, so they are more popular in the market and the price is slightly higher than ordinary white cocoons. The “golden cocoon” has become a highlight of the community’s collective economic income.
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