In recent years, Chengbei Town has adapted to local conditions, made full use of barren mountain resources, promoted the forest fruit industry up the mountain, and adjusted and optimized the planting structure by guiding new growers of navel orange to use hillside orchards to plant, so as to expand the green development path of farmers and promote the increase of farmers' income while ensuring that they do not compete with grain land.
Recently, the reporter came to the north town of two yuan village Shilei navel orange planting base to see that the original abandoned hillside full of navel orange trees, the villagers are busy picking in the spring peak listing Lun evening navel orange. Farmer Bong Qianyou told reporters that Lunwan navel orange is a late-maturing navel orange variety, the fruit ripens in mid-to-late March, is a spring harvest of navel orange varieties, by picking at wrong times to increase benefits.
Chengbei Town two yuan village Shilei navel orange planting base farmer Bong Qianyou said: "I now planted more than 30 acres of Lun evening navel orange, we kind of Lun evening navel orange purpose is to stagger the sales period and Neall navel orange, normal fertile conditions, mu yield can reach six thousand five hundred jin, the output value can have about fifteen thousand yuan an mu."
The cost of hillside development is large, and it is difficult for a single farmer to build a garden independently. Chengbei Town solves the problem of scattered garden construction by building a garden jointly with many farmers. At present, the planting area of the base is more than 160 mu, composed of 3 growers, the main planting varieties are Newhall and Lunwan late maturing navel orange, which has driven more than 20 villagers in the surrounding villages to increase their income.
Panlilian, a villager in Shilei Village, Chengbei Town, said: "My job is to kill insects, weed and fertilize, and I have an annual income of more than 10,000 yuan."
Since 2022, Chengbei Town has used barren mountains and barren slopes to develop more than 600 mu of navel orange cultivation, driving more than 100 villagers to find employment nearby.