Over the last few days, a busy planting scene is unfolding on the ground in the “turkland of china”. Unlike in previous years, this year's high-profile cultivation of white tart became the “new pet” of the 150,000 acres of taro cultivation programme, giving a strong impetus to the development of the rich potato industry。
The resource-rich taro industry has a long history and has evolved over the years to become the backbone of local agricultural identity. Richen has been actively exploring the improvement and innovation of tara varieties, and the new white tara varieties that have been promoted this time have emerged from their unique advantages. The new white potato varieties are of better quality and have a high content of luso-gluctose than the traditional potato varieties, giving them higher application value and market potential in areas such as food, medicine and chemicals。
In order to promote the widespread cultivation of new varieties of white tara, a study on the adaptation of white taro to local cultivation has been carried out in the rich counties, with the development of new species of white and white and 2 new species of white and with the development of scientific planting programmes, as well as the organization of several technical training events, the invitation of experts to elaborate on the main aspects of cultivation of new varieties of white and white, pest control, etc. For growers, and the cumulative training of over 1,000 growers to ensure that farmers are skilled in planting techniques. According to dongkun of the tremendous potato institute, the white taro grown by the rich are more resistant than the flower taro, with a general concentration of over 70 per cent and a viscosity of over 20,000。
Wang qui qi, head of the rich source agricultural company limited. “in 2024, we planted 550 acres of white taro, a base in chinatown, mainly in response to the current approach of the rich county government to promoting white taro trials, using the exploration of continuous white taro cultivation in high-density breeding and soil, as well as the search for new cultivation techniques for white taro, in the form of a mojo. After this year's sowing, it proved that the continuous cultivation of white tart on the same land was viable and had a good effect. Likewise, we have also explored some data that can be applied with the corresponding values in the food basket, namely corn and tara, first corn and tara, then sunflower and tara. After this year's planting, we found that white taro could grow in the long term.”
At the market level, as consumer health awareness increases, the demand for taro products is growing, and food-rich, low-calorie white taro products are well received by the market. It is understood that the price of taro, a white taro commodity, is currently 20 per cent higher than that of ordinary taro, and that the prices of primary and deep-processed products are much higher than the prices of ordinary taro products, with strong market demand and considerable economic benefits, which greatly stimulate farmers。
The promotion of new varieties, led by the demonstration of large growers, has progressed well. Growing yang wengchang was one of the first farmers to try to grow new varieties of white taro, and he first planted 100 acres in river town. Last year's harvest season, his potato acre production reached 2,000 kg, and the revenues per acre, at market prices, were more than 1,000 times greater than traditional varieties. The successful experience of yang wengchang has moved neighbouring farmers. Under his leadership, farmers from the same village and surrounding villages joined in the cultivation of white taro。
“these two years of working with large growers and learning some of the technique of growing taro, i intend to grow two or three acres of taro to increase my income.” at the scene, li xiaohua, a villager in the town of banno, said:。
This year, the richen county plans to expand the cultivation of new white taro varieties to 50,000 acres, one third of the total area of 150,000 acres of taro in the county. In the future, it has been indicated that support for the white taro industry will continue to be increased, that the chain of production will be improved, that the whole chain of cultivation, processing and marketing will be strengthened, that the rich taro industry will be brought to a new level and that the white taro will become an additional “moderate” for the rich farmers, and that the rural revitalization strategy will be further developed. (maxia, wu jinkun, lee hongmei, chiang li)
