“Before, without the help of social workers, my wife and I could only raise one silkworm seed per season. Starting this year, social workers in the town have paired up with us disabled people to provide assistance. They can help mulch leaves and feed silkworms. My wife and I have no problem. Without hesitation, I raised half a sheet of silkworm seeds, which can increase my income by more than 1,000 yuan in just one season!” Recently, the Entrepreneurship Assistance (Incubation) Base for Disabled Persons in Xin’an Town, Deqing County, Huzhou was unveiled and the “Wu’an” Shared Wealth Project for low-income groups was launched. At the ceremony, Chu Jinhai, a disabled villager holding a support pair card, said happily.
This year, 55-year-old Chu Jinhai is paralyzed. In the five years since he has been raising silkworms, his wife has always done manual labor while he does light work. Although sericulture has brought a certain amount of economic income, the scale of breeding has not been able to increase. Disabled people with similar conditions to Chu Jinhai are not uncommon in Xinan Town. How to drive this self-reliant group towards common prosperity?
The sericulture industry is one of the agricultural specialty industries in Xin’an Town, and it is also one of Deqing County’s “Six Colors Leading” entrepreneurship support (incubation) bases for disabled people. In particular, Xin’an Gaocai Sericulture Professional Cooperative adopts order-based breeding to greatly increase the economic benefits of sericulture farmers and drive wealth through development.
In order to make good use of this resource, Xinan Town has established a business support (incubation) base for disabled people. The town social work station works closely with the sericulture cooperative to form a development model of “cooperative + base + social workers + social resources + farmers”. The representatives issued assistance pairing cards to the disabled representatives of the villages of Shedong, Shenan, Shexi, Shebei, Xiashe and Xinqiao in Xin’an Town, and went to the homes of the disabled at regular intervals to observe the silkworm breeding situation. If a disabled person needs help, he or she can contact the social worker at any time according to the contact information on the pairing card.
In addition, the base is also equipped with technical guidance experts. The Xin’an Town Disabled Persons’ Federation signed a donation agreement with the Deqing County Yangfan Foundation to launch the “Wu’an” co-wealth project for low-income groups and explore a sericulture professional through multi-party linkage. The revitalization industry will increase income for the disabled and low-income groups in Xinan Town.
Gao Yarong, deputy mayor of Xin’an Town, did some calculations: At present, the base supports 15 households with disabled people. Based on the calculation that each disabled household raises one silkworm seed per season, the price of one small silkworm is 550 yuan. Assisted disabled people will receive a 50% discount; each silkworm seed can produce about 120 kilograms of silkworms. After professional guidance, it is expected to increase the production by 25% to 150 kilograms; the purchase price of silkworms in previous years was 2,500 yuan per hundred Jin, the number of disabled people assisted will increase by 10%. After discounts on silkworm seeds, increased output, and increased purchases, each disabled household will increase their income by about 1,200 yuan per quarter. If raised four seasons a year, the income increase will reach nearly 5,000 yuan. Explore new ways of common prosperity in traditional industries.
At present, Xin’an Town has a total area of 6,523 acres of mulberry land. In 2021, the town actually raised 3,000.8 silkworm seeds, with a yield of 69 kilograms and a total output of 207,055.2 kilograms. Both the yield and total output ranked first in Deqing County.
In recent years, Xin’an Town has gradually standardized the management of the sericulture industry, basically formed a “cooperative + base + farmer” development model, and explored a road to rural revitalization of the sericulture industry. The Gaocai Sericulture Professional Cooperative in Neishenan Village, Xin’an Town adopts order-based breeding, which has greatly improved the economic benefits of sericulture farmers. In particular, the golden cocoons produced in recent years are sold at 1.5 times the price of ordinary silk, and are favored by the market.
At the same time, Xin’an continues to explore and innovate ideas for employment entrepreneurship for people with disabilities and low-income groups, focusing on creating a seed to lead common prosperity and a loquat to promote common prosperity. Brands such as Fu have given full play to their advantages in entrepreneurship and employment, helping more and more disabled and low-income groups to create income.
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