“Green Manure Plus” Industry Mechanism and Its Practices

Green manuring is primarily used to support the production of main crops and to improve the farmlands’ ecology, thus lacks its own product unit. Studies have proved that it is an effective pathway to produce high-quality products. How to introduce such products into the market and serve more population is a challenge of the green manure industry. Over one decade of exploration and accumulation, we proposed the "Green Manure Plus" industry mechanism in 2018, and have continuously carried out scientific research and industrial practice around the new mechanism. The "Green Manure Plus" industry mechanism is the whole process based on the green manure production system, including using green manure technology to produce high-quality and healthy agricultural products for promoting the marketization of these products; the relevant products are called "Green Manure Plus" ones. The "Green Manure Plus" industry mechanism mainly includes developing the technology modes, building the production bases, materializing the products, and constructing the market systems. The "Green Manure Plus" products can be well done because green manuring can provide large amounts of clean and organic fertilizer sources, improve the soil quality effectively, and help the main crops achieve high productivity and quality with less fertilization. These characteristics of green manure form the theoretical basis for the development of “Green Manure Plus” products. The innovative mechanism has greatly expanded the green manure industry path, converting the disadvantage of unclear industry form into the advantage of the "Green Manure Plus" platform, which no longer being constrained by the product unit of green manure itself, and can play roles in different regions and agricultural systems. Over six years of development and practice, the diversified "Green Manure Plus" modes were constructed, including "Green Manure Plus" organic/clean rice, high-quality fruits, flour, tea, and vegetables, etc., providing the green manure’s path for the comprehensive rural revitalization for the new era. In future, the main goals of the "Green Manure Plus" industry are to strengthen the research and development of "Green Manure Plus" industry technology and product creation, to accelerate the construction of branding, marketization, and standardization, and to promote continuously the transformation of green mountains and lucid waters into invaluable assets by green manure’s practice.