Wucunqiao Village: Leading Industrial Revitalization with “High Quality Rice+”

In recent years, relying on the unique natural environment advantages, Wucunqiao Village in Hefeng Town has highlighted the leading industry of high-quality rice by focusing on supporting agricultural leading enterprises such as rice in the village, establishing the high-quality rice industrialization consortium in Lishui District, vigorously implementing the brand strategy and other ways, and driven the overall development of organic tea, green plum products, high-end seedlings and other agriculture in the village. The pace of rural revitalization has become more and more stable.

Wucunqiao Village has superior ecology, fertile soil, and abundant resources. The local soil and water are rich in trace elements such as calcium, sodium, magnesium, and potassium, making it very suitable for rice cultivation. In recent years, the village has relied on its unique natural environment advantages, focusing on the production requirements of high-quality rice in terms of origin and variety selection, as well as in terms of soil fertility and plant protection, and strictly grasping every link to ensure excellent product quality. At present, the village has successfully built a provincial-level green, high-quality, and efficient demonstration area of 4000 acres in Qunyingwei, and a provincial-level green, high-quality, and efficient demonstration area of 3000 acres in Dongfengwei.

In order to improve the scale of planting, the rice planting area in Wucunqiao Village has reached 8000 acres, accounting for 96.38% of the total arable land area. The new agricultural operation entities represented by Lishui Gongzheng Rice Planting Professional Cooperative and Gufeng Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative have transferred 7259 acres of rice planting land, with a scale of 90.74%; Meanwhile, high-quality rice varieties such as Nanjing 46, Nanjing 5055, and Nanjing Jinggu account for 68.75% of the total area; There are 7 large-scale rice production agricultural enterprises, agricultural cooperatives and family farms, of which Nanjing Sanyuan Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. is a municipal leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization, Lishui District Zhengyi Rice Planting Professional Cooperative and Lishui District Gufeng Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative are rated as national demonstration cooperatives, and Lishui District Jiafeng Family Farm is rated as provincial family farm.

In the implementation of brand strategy, just rice and Chen Xiaojian rice respectively won the “Jiangsu Good Rice” gold and silver awards; Yan Jingwan tea has been rated as a famous brand product in Jiangsu Province; Yueya Lake tea won the “China Tea Cup” national special prize; Qinhuai Plum Blossom Garden has been listed in the 48 scenic spots of Jinling Hobby farm and the integrity culture and education base of Jinling District. The green plum products produced by Qinhuai Plum Garden have been recognized as Grade A products by China Green Food Development Center.

While promoting the leading industry of high-quality rice, the village is centered around the provincial green, high-quality, and efficient rice demonstration area on Kongfeng Road, integrating resources such as organic tea, green plum products, high-end seedlings, and beautiful rural areas to promote the integrated development of tutoring industries; Through the establishment of Wucunqiao Rural Tourism Development Co., Ltd. and other village collective Economic entity, we will develop and strengthen the collective economy, guide rural party members, planters and other rich talents to take the lead in investment, and achieve common prosperity. In 2021, the output value of the rice industry in the village reached 53.84 million yuan, accounting for 55% of the village’s total production value. The total number of farmers engaged in the agricultural industry in the village reached 2654, accounting for 54.92% of the total number of farmers in the village.