Focus on when to bid farewell to ＂washing, cutting and blowing＂ in vegetable processing of agricultural products processing industry

　　Shandong is a big vegetable planting province, and the vegetable processing industry is relatively developed. Processing not only doubles the value of many "road dishes", but also provides consumers with more consumption choices. Under the background of deepening the structural reform of agricultural supply side, what is the magic power of agricultural product processing industry, how to promote farmers’ employment and income, how to "make further progress" in improving and optimizing agricultural supply, and what support is needed for its development? With these questions, the reporter went to Anqiu, Shouguang and Jiaozhou, Shandong Province, and made an investigation.

　　Ginger becomes ginger sugar, okra becomes snacks, and processing makes vegetables magically transform.

　　With the improvement of income level, the pace of work and life is getting faster and faster, and the consumption demand of urban residents is also rapidly upgrading. Buy vegetables, choose vegetables, wash, drain and cut … … These pre-meal links are time-consuming and laborious. Nowadays, people in the city not only hope that these processes will be "OEM" by vegetable processing enterprises, but also have the demand for renewal.

　　"There is a strong demand for convenient, fast, nutritious and safe processed fast food products." Guo Baiyan, general manager of Shouguang Tiancheng Hongli Food Co., Ltd. said that although clean vegetable processing will remain the mainstream of vegetable processing industry for a long time to come, for office workers, vegetable products that can be eaten with a little microwave heating are becoming more and more popular. Therefore, although it started with clean vegetable processing, now Guo Baiyan also cooperates with fast food companies to start new business.

　　"Vegetables, rice and spices are all put away, just walk around in the microwave oven ‘ Seconds to eat ’ Dinner. " According to Huihe, an office worker in Jinan, this kind of fast food product is both convenient and nutritious. Usually, Huihe also has a special hobby — — Eating garlic, he thinks it can enhance his body’s resistance, but his breath is too heavy after eating, which makes him very upset. Recently, however, he discovered the "New World" — — Black garlic. "Garlic is fermented into sweet and sour black garlic, which eliminates the concerns of garlic lovers." Zhou Haizhen, an employee of the sales department of Anqiuyuan Qingtian Food Co., Ltd. said.

　　It can be seen that through a certain processing technology, the same vegetable can be "transformed" in multiple ways. A piece of ginger is only used as a condiment, and it will take some time for a small family to finish it. It will be consumed quickly when it is made into ginger candy and pickled into pickles. A bunch of okra, mostly table dishes, is made into crisp okra strips through dehydration technology, and can also be used as snacks … …

　　Tian Jianjun, deputy manager of the deep processing project department of Shouguang Vegetable Industry Holding Group Co., Ltd., said that vegetables, including okra, carrots and mushrooms, are now made into crispy fruits and vegetables by dehydration and non-frying, which sells nearly 1,000 tons a year and consumes nearly 10,000 tons of raw materials.

　　Structural adjustment and variety refinement … … Processing causes chain reaction in production links.

　　The development of vegetable processing industry has brought about changes in planting structure. "Agricultural products processing enterprises understand the terminal consumer market, find raw materials in the production process according to demand, and make corresponding adjustments at the planting end will definitely bring about changes in the planting structure." Sun Dongming, deputy mayor of Linghe Town, Anqiu City, said.

　　The planting of ginger in Anqiu is stable at about 200,000 mu all the year round. In Sun Dongming’s view, "the income from growing ginger is much higher than that from growing grain. These years ‘ Agriculture and animal husbandry ’ Change ‘ Jiang Nong ’ More and more. There are more kinds of ginger, which also guarantees the acquisition of enterprises. "

　　Vegetable planting is in the process of refinement. Li Lian, a ginger grower in Xiehu Village, Linghe Town, used to wait until late autumn before digging out ginger and selling it. But at the beginning of July this year, she dug up all 4 acres of ginger and sold it.

　　"This year’s ginger is replaced by a new variety ‘ Little Red Bud ’ , specially used for pickling pickles, you have to dig at this time. " Li Lian said. The diversified processing of ginger is changing farmers’ planting habits. "The ginger is sold out in advance, and I can plant another vegetable and earn more income."

　　High quality seeds are sought after. "The previous stupid onions not only had low yield, but also had a bad taste; Vegetable processing enterprises smelled the market demand and introduced fruit onions from abroad, and the planting soon spread. " Sun Dongming said that Anqiu’s green onion production now ranks first in the country.

　　Group management is popular. A person in charge of a vegetable processing enterprise said: "As far as retail planting is concerned, the quality and safety of products are not guaranteed, and it is time-consuming and laborious to sign contracts with retail investors one by one." In the future, we intend to cooperate with new agricultural business entities such as family farms and cooperatives, which is convenient for organizing manpower and facilitating large-scale unified management.

　　Many processing enterprises have also adopted the model of "company+base+farmer+standardization" to grow vegetables as needed. Anqiuyuan Qingtian Food Co., Ltd. has a base of 1,000 mu and a planting contract base of 4,300 mu signed with farmers. "Whether it is a self-owned base or a contract base, it is guaranteed to uniformly arrange planting plans, uniformly supply fertilizers, uniformly detect pesticide residues, and uniformly purchase and process." Zhou Haizhen said.

　　Growing vegetables at the base, working in enterprises and processing provide many possibilities for farmers to increase their income.

　　"Look, these Chili powders are all shipped from Xinjiang and are being processed into Chili red pigment." In Qingdao Tongxing Natural Pigment Co., Ltd. located in Jiaozhou, Liu Zongbo, the general manager, held up some finished products and said that the annual output of capsanthin was nearly 200 tons, and 80% of the raw materials came from Xinjiang. "Pepper yields 500 kilograms per mu, and the purchase price per mu is more than 4,000 yuan. After deducting labor costs, it can increase farmers’ income by 2,000 yuan per mu."

　　It is understood that in order to ensure the processing of raw materials, jiaozhou city Pepper Association has developed 450,000 mu of pepper base in Xinjiang production area, which has promoted the surrounding planting of about 150,000 mu, which is of great significance for promoting the overall income increase of farmers and the diversion of rural labor force.

　　In addition to driving upstream farmers to plant, vegetable processing industry plays a very significant role in directly solving farmers’ employment. "It can help farmers find jobs at home, take care of their families and have a fixed income every month." Tian Jianjun said that his enterprise has more than 300 regular employees and more than 100 seasonal workers, all of whom are the surrounding farmers.

　　In the investigation, the reporter found that farmers who work in vegetable processing enterprises earn three or four thousand yuan a month, but with the rise of young people’s "worth", the trend of aging labor force is becoming increasingly obvious. Some enterprises have to go to other places to recruit workers to attract people with conditions such as free food and accommodation.

　　During the interview, many farmers said that if they don’t engage in processing, the profits will be too low, and the prices of agricultural products will fluctuate, making life very sad. However, at present, the enthusiasm of new agricultural business entities such as family farms and cooperatives, which are closely linked with farmers’ interests, to develop vegetable processing is not high. "Lack of funds, talents and equipment makes it impossible to compete with developed processing enterprises." The person in charge of a cooperative said frankly.

　　Tian Jianjun pointed out that the division of labor in processing industry is becoming more and more detailed, and cooperatives can cooperate with existing processing enterprises, and cooperatives can do initial processing, and processing enterprises can do further processing, so as to open up the "whole industrial chain" from production to processing to sales, so that farmers can participate more and integrate into the industrial chain and share the value-added benefits of the secondary and tertiary industries.

　　Enterprises should introduce talents and equipment, increase policy support, and vegetable processing industry should move towards refinement.

　　Anqiu Jianghai Food Co., Ltd. can roughly process 100 tons of ginger a day and export nearly 30 thousand tons a year. "It only needs simple washing, blocking and fresh-keeping packaging." Fan Guokun, manager of the sales department, said frankly that due to the low technical content, fierce competition and low added value, "at best, the profit will be about 10%, and when it is not good, it will lose money."

　　"I have long wanted to develop deep processing, but I have no talent and equipment." Fan Guokun said that it was not until 2014 that Shandong Baokang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. was established when it was docked with Shandong Agricultural University. According to reports, the company mainly extracts curcumin, gingerol, ginger starch and gingerol from ginger. "The added value of the product is hundreds of times higher than that of rough ginger."

　　Vegetable processing can’t go along the rough road of "washing, shearing and blowing", and enterprises should vigorously develop refined deep processing.

　　"For deep processing enterprises, Anqiu has built an industrial park to promote its development." Fan Guokun said that in terms of land use, the local government gave the most preferential policies and sent special personnel to handle various procedures for enterprises. The local government will give subsidies to enterprises for research and development of equipment according to the standard of 10%, with a maximum subsidy of 1 million yuan. As far as vegetable processing and export enterprises are concerned, in addition to export tax rebate, there will be additional incentives for the increase in export volume, and there will be subsidies for enterprises to go abroad to participate in exhibitions.

　　Guo Baiyan said that vegetables are seasonal, and enterprises need to buy a large number of vegetables in a short period of time, with more expenses and greater financial pressure. "Enterprises are running all day and night, and the monthly electricity bill will cost more than 200,000 yuan. I hope that the electricity bill can drop. "

　　"The processing capacity is not small, but most of them are OEM production, and the profit is relatively low." Tian Jianjun said frankly that the enterprise has the brand of "Colorful Manor", but it is relatively loud in the local area. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to go out and promote it. He suggested that the government should increase financial and financial policy support to help enterprises improve their market development capabilities and create more well-known corporate brands and product brands.