Liucheng, Guangxi: The New Technology Of Silkworm Breeding Is Gradually Popularized

Since May, fresh cocoons in Liucheng county have entered the market season. The purchase price of fresh cocoons was significantly higher than that of last year. At the same time, five cocoon silk processing enterprises in Liucheng county are also operating at full capacity.

Liucheng county is one of the top ten base counties for silkworm development in the whole region, and silkworm industry is an important pillar industry for farmers to increase their income“ During the 13th Five Year Plan period, the county explored and promoted the new technology of silkworm breeding, successively implemented a series of projects, such as the construction of sericulture base of the national "Eastward mulberry moving to the west" project, the integrated application demonstration of high-quality and efficient silkworm breeding and deep processing technology, and the construction of Guangxi silkworm standard park. The development of agricultural tourism integration with silkworm culture as the theme has achieved success.

The county has formed a "silkworm Zen" cultural tourism boutique route in Fengshan Town, and gradually launched mulberry leaf tea, mulberry wine, silk quilt and other silkworm products, successively guided the comprehensive utilization of mulberry branch edible fungi planting, mulberry interplanting vegetables, harmless treatment of silkworm excrement and other comprehensive utilization in zhailong, chongmai, Fengshan and other Township demonstration bases, and built a centralized silkworm excrement treatment pool and treatment station with a total area of more than 3000 square meters, In the demonstration area, more than 1 million sticks of edible fungi were planted, and the area of edible fungi interplanting in winter fallow silkworm house was about 3000 square meters, and the total cultivation of edible fungi was about 200000 sticks.

During the 13th Five Year Plan period, Liucheng county has built 10 modern sericulture demonstration areas and 13 specialized silkworm cooperatives. There are 23 small silkworm breeding households on the scale, and the total breeding rate of small silkworm is about 96%. Last year, the total area of mulberry garden in Liucheng county was maintained at 140000 mu, the fresh cocoon output was about 17000 tons, the output value of fresh cocoon was nearly 800 million yuan, and the per capita silkworm rearing income reached 7500 yuan.

(source: Guangxi daily)