Shandong Dong'e: Deeply digging the value potential of donkeys, industrial upgrading is getting better

Our reporter Liu Kai correspondent Xia Lufeng Meng Qingrui

"A donkey is a small bank" and "raising a Dong'a black donkey is equivalent to planting one mu of land", black donkeys are becoming the main engine for promoting the economic development of Dong'e County in Shandong Province and driving farmers to increase their incomes and become rich

Improve the layout of breeding bases

Drive the masses to increase their income and become rich

Dong'e County has been exploring the development path of the donkey industry for many years

In recent years, Dong’e Ejiao Group has invested and established 100 poverty alleviation donkey farms in Liaocheng City, with a scale of 60,000 donkeys, which can drive more than 3,000 poor rural households to get out of poverty and become rich by participating in donkey breeding

A corner of the large-scale donkey farm

Focusing on the lofty goal of building "the first county for donkey raising in China", Dong'e black donkey industry has determined the development strategy of leading, policy promotion, government guidance, and mass participation.

At present, the black donkey industry has become a characteristic breeding industry in Dong'e County, and it is also a veritable national large-scale and standardized donkey breeding county

For poor households, breeding black donkeys is undoubtedly a good way to get rid of poverty and become rich

Live donkey living circulation development

Maximize economic benefits

"Donkey living circulation development", in terms of strengthening and expanding the extended industrial chain, is the development idea that Dong'e black donkey industry has gradually explored to comprehensively enhance the comprehensive value of donkeys

Donkey breeding is different from cattle and sheep.

In order to increase the breeding rate of black donkeys, Dong'e Ejiao has promoted the frozen fine tube breeding technology of donkeys in the city, increasing the pregnancy rate of donkeys from 56% to 92%

Make the industrial park bigger and stronger

The integration of three industries is vivid and colorful

In the past two years, relying on the establishment of the National Modern Agricultural Industrial Park, Dong'e has fully exploited the advantages of the geographical indication brand of "Dong'e Black Donkey", and based on the characteristic and large-scale breeding, it has explored the feasible way for the long-term development of the black donkey industry.

Dong-E-Ejiao Biotechnology Industrial Park and Industrial Tourism Base

Black donkey scale breeding base

Dong Afeng Animal Husbandry and Animal Husbandry Co.

　　Meng Qingrui, the head of the park, said that in order to extend the industrial chain and strengthen biopharmaceuticals, the industrial park has introduced China Resources Bio-Industrial Park and Chenkang Pharmaceutical Bio-Health Industrial Park to carry out 6 new biological drug projects, and use biological enzymatic hydrolysis technology to develop donkey skin peptides.

　　After two years of research, the industrial park has developed Ejiao matrix products such as Dong’e Ejiao Powder, Hua Jianling, Dong’e Ejiao Gel, and Ejiao Beads.

　　On the basis of the development of primary and secondary industries, the industrial park fully taps the characteristic cultural resources of Ejiao and donkeys, and builds scenic spots such as East Ejiao City, Ejiao Museum, Donkey Museum, Ejiao World, etc.

"China Food News" (September 09, 2021 08 edition)

(Editor in charge: Huang Guangshun)