Anhui Guangde Rice Project director: Lu Shiping
Volunteers: Chen Aiwu, Wu Jianguo
It is the 32nd SSCLF’s Farmer Entrepreneurship Relay Baton Project, recommended by Anhui Agriculture Committee. After careful investigation and verification, Ping’an volunteers Chen Aiwu, Wu Jianguo and their team started the project, also the first project in Xuancheng, Anhui Province. Lu Shiping, the project director, led 10 poverty-stricken farmers to grow a kind of double harvest rice. The second term, growing naturally and free of pesticide, won the national A-level green food certification.
The photos above show the site of the project kick-off meeting.
Anhui Huangshan Organic Rice Project Director: Xu Haibo
Volunteers: Xie Sijun, Cheng Wu
In phase 2, 30 farmers took over the baton. This quarter is the growing and cultivation period of rice and black corn. The main work of the project households is spring ploughing.
The left photo above: Project household Jiao Jinyou was trying to control rice pest in the field.
The right photo above: The kick-off meeting of phase 2 project.
Anhui Anqing Green Tea Project Director: Wang Linmiao
Volunteers: Wang Peng, Chu Manxia, Ye Fei
The first phase of the relay baton project was successfully completed, the farmers returned home with their families reunited. The main work of the project households this quarter is spring tea picking.
The left photo above: The gathering of project household Wang Yeqi’s family.
The right photo above: Project household Wang Xuezhong’s family was picking tea.
Anhui Anqing Water Bamboo Project Director: Wang Yanhua
Volunteers: Wang Peng, Chu Manxia and Ye Fei
The main tasks of the project households are fertilization management, weeding and harvesting of water bamboo. On June 23, the cooperative invited researcher Zhang Qian, director of Soil and Fertilizer Institute of Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chu Haifeng, director of Yuexi County Vegetable Office, and Zhu Ancheng, director of Agricultural Centre, to train 10 project households on water bamboo harvest.
The left photo above: Project household Chu Chengfa was processing water bamboo.
The right photo above: Zhou Jun and Xu Renlin of the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation interviewed project household Chu Chengfa to feel the joy of their family reunion.
Chongqing Chengkou County Chinese Bee Project Director: Fan Zhongfu
Volunteers: Tu Jingsong, Huang Yangjian, Liu Xiantao
The main work of the project households this quarter is to breed Chinese bees. The cooperative organized training activities for the project households on how to prevent and control the spring breeding disease of bees.
The left photo above: Project director Fan and technicians went to project household Yan Faming’s home to learn about beekeeping.
The right photo above: The symposium and technical training of bee breeding.
Anhui Huangshan Green Tea Project Director: Fang Guoqiang
Volunteers: Xie Sijun, Cheng Wu
The main work of 22 households in phase 2 of the project this quarter is tea picking and making.
The left photo above: The process of tea making in the tea factory.
The right photo above: Tea process of tea picking in the tea garden.
Hubei Wuhan Honey Project Director: He Dehua
Volunteers: Zhan Xiaoqing, Zhang Desheng
The main work of 21 project households this quarter is to go to the northwest to collect locust honey, wolfberry honey, alfalfa, and royal jelly.
The left photo above: Project household Cheng Gang arrived at the source of wolfberry honey in Qinghai on June 19.
The right photo above: Project household Yuan Huayong was collecting fresh locust honey in Baoji on May 13.
Chongqing Xiushan Chinese Bee Project Director: Bai Tianshu
Volunteer: Guo Sheng
The main work of the project households this quarter is the management of bee breeding and honey gathering. The project households have bred 200 groups of bees with 6 tons of honey harvested, which is worth more than 600,000 yuan. The cooperative organized project households to carry out training activities on large-scale bee breeding and spring breeding, and the precautions of honey harvest.
The left photo above: Guo Sheng, Ping’an volunteer and the local government personnel were in the base.
The right photo above: Project director Bai and project households were harvesting honey.
Chongqing Xiushan Red Kiwi Project Director: Yang Jing
Volunteer: Guo Sheng
The main work of this quarter is kiwifruit pollination and fertilization. On April 16, the cooperative conducted kiwifruit pollination and spring management training for project households.
The left photo above: Guo Sheng, Ping’an volunteer and project director Yang Jing in Kiwi base.
The right photo above: President Yang Jing was training kiwifruit pollination for project households.
Anhui Chuzhou Glutinous Rice Project Director: Xuan Youlin
Volunteers: Li Wei, Hu Yong, Wang Wei, Su Peng
The main work of this quarter is wheat harvesting, seedling raising and transplanting. On April 20, all the 20 project households participated in the rice plant protection meeting organized by the cooperative.
The left photo above: Project household Jiang Fuming was reaping wheat.
The right photo above: project household Zhao Zikun was raising seedlings.
Guizhou Qiannan Apple Peach Project Director: Dai Jun
Volunteers: Song Wenying, Zhang Qi
In this quarter, project households are mainly engaged in orchard weeding, fruit tree pruning, pest and disease control, and topdressing fruit trees. On May 13, the cooperative organized the second phase project households to visit and learn the excellent orchards of the first phase, and carried out the training and demonstration operation of the fruit tree pruning and garden management technology.
The left photo above: The project director was showing apple peach tree pruning techniques on site.
The right photo above: Project household Jiang zhengfen was applying top dressing to his fruit trees.
Guizhou Qiannan Edible Fungi Project Director: Chen Jinbang
Volunteers: Song Wenying and Wang Ju
The main work of the project households this quarter is the daily management of water injection and mushroom production. On April 16, the cooperative organized the project households to carry out training on important issues of the planting process.
The left photo above: The project households were helping each other to pull new rods into the greenhouse.
The right photo above: The Lentinus edodes harvested by the project households which would be handed over to the cooperative for unified sales.
Guangxi Hechi Silkworm and Dragon Fruit Project Director: Huang Ruibiao
Volunteer: Zhu Jiangming
The main work of the project households this quarter is weeding, management and protection, fertilization and pruning seedlings.
The left photo above: Project household Wei Minglu was leading the fertilization process.
The right photo above: The flowers of dragon fruit were blooming.
Shandong Weifang Hawthorn Project Director: Ma Yongcheng
Volunteers: Zhang Jian, Ye Fudong, Hao Puyan and Gong Xiaofei
The main work of the project households this quarter is hawthorn pruning, fertilization, irrigating, and disease and pest control.
The left photo above: Project household Wang Jinsheng was thinning the fruit.
The right photo above: Project household Zhao Guodong was weeding.
Southeast Guizhou Uncaria Rhynchophylla Project Director: Wu Zengxian
Volunteers: Dai Guangyue, Shen Yangfan
In this quarter, the main work of 10 project households is weeding.
The left photo above: Perspective of project household Wu Bingqing's Uncaria Rhynchophylla planting base.
The right photo above: Project household Wu Pijin in the Uncaria Rhynchophylla planting base.
Jiangxi Xinyu Kirin Watermelon Project Director: Chen Xiaohong
Volunteer: Wu Meinan
The main work of the project households this quarter is seedling care, picking and sales of watermelons.
The left photo above: Project household Yuan Gengsheng was picking watermelon in the field.
The right photo above: Project household Zhang Yunxiu was selling watermelons.
Zhengan County Miaotang Zhengxin Bamboo Project Director: Luo Xin
Volunteers: Zhang Jiaqi, Zhao Wanbin and Li Zongshu
The main work of the project households this quarter is to rebuild square bamboo land.
The left photo above: Project household Li Zhenglong was in the process of rebuilding square bamboo land.
The right photo above: The square bamboo land after the rebuilding of Lu Wenhao's family.
Hubei Wuhan Artemisia Project Director: Zhou Houbing
Volunteers: Zhan Xiaoqing, Zheng Jun
The main work of the project households this quarter is the production management of the Artemisia Selengensis and the cultivation of production land. In April, the cooperative organized project households to carry out training on Artemisia Selengensis seedling management and melon planting technology.
The photo above: The Artemisia Selengensis seedlings (left) and melon growth scene (right) of project household Deng Chengbo.
Sichuan Jintang Organic Vegetable Project Director: Chen Xiaohui
Volunteers: Wang Zhenfang, Li Ping
In this quarter, the main work of the project households is to plant and sell summer vegetables such as soybeans and tomatoes. The price of main varieties of soybeans is 4-4.8 yuan / kg.
The left photo above: Project household Qiu Jingping was thinning the fruit.
The right photo above: Project household Wu Shiyuan was selling soybeans.
Guangxi Yulin Guava Project Director: Xuan Xianjing
Volunteer: Yu Zhijian
The main tasks of the 20 project households this quarter are pruning, fertilizing, watering and weeding. On June 10, the cooperative organized a planting exchange meeting for the project households, as well as technical training on tree planting details management.
The left photo above: the new house of project household Xuan Yao and Xuan Wei.
The right photo above: Project director Xuan and project households were learning planting technology together.
Guangxi Hechi Pearl Plum Project Director: Yang Tongbiao
Volunteer: Zhu Jiangming
The main work of the project households this quarter is spring management and protection, fertilization and spraying.
The left photo above: Project household Lin Guilai and others were trained by agricultural experts in Bala townshiop on April 12.
The right photo above: On April 18, project household Zhang Aiyang sprayed insecticides in her orchard to control the disease.
Thanks to: Lu Jiaxian and Gao Wenying Special Fund, Anxin Trust Special Fund, Hugeleaf Special Fund, Relay China Special Fund, Jiaqing Special Fund, Kailong Special Fund, Bank of East Asia Special Fund, Farmer Entrepreneurship Relay Baton Special Fund, etc. under the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation, and also Mr. Xu Bingsen and Mrs. Shen Meide from Taiwan, for their strong support to Farmer Entrepreneurship Relay Baton Project.