Qingke Piaoxiang welcomes a bountiful harvest, golden hope and prosperity busy
September is the season for harvesting barley.
In the barley fields of Jiangzi County, Shigatse City, the barley sways in the wind and turns into a golden ocean.
The interview group of the chief editor of the national provincial party newspaper in Xizang came to Gyantse County, Shigatse City. Gyangze is one of the main grain producing areas in Xizang, with an average annual planting area of more than 105000 mu of highland barley and an estimated annual output of more than 57000 tons.
In the past, when harvesting barley, most villagers were self-sufficient, but now Jiangzi County is vigorously developing the barley industry and increasing the added value of barley production. New products with deep processing, including barley wine, barley noodles, barley biscuits, and barley yogurt, have begun to emerge in the market. They are not only loved by consumers, but also help local residents increase their income.
In the factory of Xizang Sangdangang Highland Barley Liquor Co., Ltd., with the hum of machines, the fully automatic production line is operating in an orderly manner.
Yang Zong, who grew up in Shigatse City, believed that highland barley had a good development prospect and decided to resign in 2021 to come to Xizang Sangdangang Highland Barley Liquor Co., Ltd., where he currently works as an office staff.
"In the past, I really never thought that barley could produce so many products. When I first came to work here, I didn't expect the company to develop so quickly and so well." Yang Zong's tone was full of pride.
Like Yangzong, Zhaxi, the production line leader, is a local of Jiangzi County and is responsible for daily tasks such as sterilization and packaging. He earns a monthly salary of over 5000 yuan. As the youngest child in the family, being able to find employment at the doorstep has made him and his family very satisfied with this job.
"Our company's highland barley is purchased from local villagers, which not only promotes the income increase of local villagers, but also solves the sales problem, stabilizes the income of villagers, improves their enthusiasm, and boosts the development of agricultural industrialization." Zaxi Rejie, chairman of Xizang Sangdangang Highland Barley Wine Co., Ltd., introduced that "we have also recruited 15 new local employees, and want to train more local outstanding employees through the way of" mentoring ".
The reporter learned that Xizang Sangdangang Highland Barley Wine Co., Ltd. cashed dividends of 1.1496 million yuan from highland barley deep processing project to 481 households every year, and purchased 2310 tons of highland barley in Gyangze from 2021 to 2022 at a price 0.4 yuan/jin higher than the market price, driving the people to increase income by 1.84 million yuan. In addition, the company has also solved the employment problems of nearly 40 local disadvantaged households and college and vocational students.
Zaxi Rejie said that the company is currently constructing a 50000 ton annual production line for barley beer, which is expected to be put into operation by the end of this year. After completion and operation, it can achieve an annual output value of 84 million yuan. This year, the company will also invest 8.95 million yuan to build a functional beverage production line with an annual output of 8600 tons of barley and morel fermentation. After completion and operation, it can achieve an annual output value of 40 million yuan.
Bian Badunzhu, Director of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Jiangzi County, introduced that for a long time, Jiangzi County has attached great importance to the deep processing industry of barley, adhering to the guidance of technology, innovation driven, quality driven, green driven, and brand strong agriculture. On the basis of ensuring food security, innovation has been explored and deep processing capabilities have been improved. Projects such as the renovation of the transitional factory building for early and deep processing of organic barley in Jiangzi County, and the construction of the second phase of the factory building for early and deep processing of organic barley in Jiangzi County have been constructed. The county's barley processing enterprises and cooperatives have achieved an annual output of over 10000 tons of deep processing of barley, promoting the high-quality development of the barley industry.
