On the morning of 4 november, in a field belonging to the community on the south coast of the cliff region, zhubuning was busy placing the cucumbers that had just been removed. "it's early this year, it's a good price, and it's about to go to the market to sell." he says with tape。
Just pick the cucumbers and put them in full code。
Le junin, who has been growing guacamole for more than 20 years in cliff county, has grown 16 acres of cucumber this year. From september to date, five harvests of 2 or 3 kilos have been collected. “the yield per acre could be increased when the subsequent harvest is not yet high. The cucumbers are now buying $4-5 per pound, mainly for the local market.” he added。
In order to reduce the use of chemical pesticides, le junin has deliberately built a pest-proofing network for vegetable fields. "if properly managed, the cucumbers can collect dozens of times this season." in addition to cucumbers, he has grown more than 60 acres of bean beans, which are now gestational and are expected to enter the harvest period in another 50 days。
As the main guacamole production area, the cliff region has now completed the preparation of 30,000 acres of winter guacamole, covering over 4,300 growers. According to the sanya rural sector, a small number of cucumbers, bitter melons and beans will be listed first in november, while large-scale supplies will wait until mid-january 2026, when sufficient guarantees will be provided for the spring festival “basket”。
The grower will pack the cucumbers taken and ready for sale。
As part of this winter programme, the prefectures identified the three main types of bean, cucumber and eggplant as the main varieties, in line with the industrial adjustment requirements of the provincial agricultural rural department for “stable melons, soybeans, peppers and aquatic vegetables”. Among them, the distribution of seedlings from pepper-based species was lower than in the past year, the area under pulse cultivation continued to expand, and special varieties of beans, such as quarries and quartz beans, were added。
“the government has given a lot of support this year.” le junin put down his cucumber saying. According to the director of the department of agriculture and rural development of the prefectures, a total of 1 million yuan has been earmarked this year for the construction of agricultural infrastructure, focusing on the rehabilitation of irrigation canals in areas such as the south coast, the south, the slopes and the white areas. In addition to hardware improvements, the government has commissioned third-party professional companies to regularly clean up land and marine litter and ditch silt and achieve “dry can be filled in time and water can be quickly drained” to address the concerns of growers。
In terms of technical guidance on planting, the cliff region has put 63,000 acres of winter breeding into practice, leading farmers to “early planning, preparation and early action” through the sinking of fields by agricultural technicians and training courses to help them maximize their gains during the winter market window. At the same time, the joint market supervision unit of the regional agricultural and rural directorates has strengthened the chain-wide regulation of enforcement, focusing on indicators such as the screening of pesticide residues, to ensure the safety of the marketed melons。
The supply of seedlings has also brought about new changes. With the technical support of the institute of tropical agriculture sciences of toria, the prefectures plan this year to provide a unified supply of quality seedlings to growers, including 900,000 direct seedlings of eggplants, 585 million insect-resistant eggplants and 400,000 incubation of cucumbers, as well as the promotion of high-yield, high-quality soybeans such as the “southern pipe ii”. “these seedlings and seeds are government-subsidized, are much cheaper than the market, and the varieties are disease-resistant and yielding well.” li junin said. As at 31 october, 153 farmers from 15 village councils had submitted applications for seedlings, and a cumulative distribution of 434,400 eggplant seedlings and 594 seedlings covered over 2,000 acres。
In addition, the cliff region has stepped up its advocacy for agricultural insurance policy, reaching out to villages (community) to raise awareness among farmers about pre-natal agricultural insurance. By directing farmers to take active insurance, reducing risk losses, enhancing confidence in agricultural production, enabling farmers to try new varieties or scale up, and increasing agricultural productivity。
According to statistics, 15 agricultural enterprises and more than 4,300 growers in the precipice region are currently involved in winter production, with 85 per cent of the planned area under cultivation. At present, the winter guacamole in the cliff region is growing well in general, and early ripe varieties, such as cucumbers and eggplants, are on the market. The agricultural sector in the precipice region indicated that it would continue to strengthen field management guidance, monitor crop growth and market performance in real time, ensure a stable supply of cabbage before and after the spring festival, and help growers to increase yields。
Source: sanya media inclusion media journalist, zhang huibei
