In the early spring, nanning's weather has warmed up. By the end of the year, li chun wen, a farmer in the town of junin district, had planted more than 30 acres of taro, while he was busy drawing water, and he said, “recently, the weather is warmer, i can't help but plant the taro first.” little taro seeds bear the promise of a new life。
Lee chun wen, 52 years old, lives with his father, neither of whom is in good health, and has been classified as poor in the construction card. “he was optimistic, motivated and, with the support of policy, he managed to lift himself out of poverty in 2018 by raising cattle.” lee’s cousin, li dongsheng, a deputy to the village。
In 2019, li chun wen went to yulin to study and realized that the taro-growing industry was promising, only suffering from a lack of financial and technical support. “in 2020, i learned that a friend of binyang county had started an agricultural cooperative to develop the taro-growing industry, which could provide seedlings and technical guidance, as well as help find a way to sell.” li chun wen sold his cattle and borrowed some money to start growing potatoes。
The lee chun wen family's 47 acres of field and mountain areas were sown with all of the taro, but the land was being reclaimed and planted in huge works, and had to be assisted by people who took a few days to complete it. The scale of the cultivation is such that li dongsheng offered to start a cooperative with li chun wen, who did not agree: “now that it has just begun, without success, i will grow myself to grow with the country”
In order to make full use of the field, li chun wen intends to increase the area of production by planting watermelons with shorter growth cycles and smaller land areas. Lee chun wen is looking forward to seeing a piece of taro that has grown well and covered with thin membranes. “tatoo has a growth cycle of six to eight months, with an expected acre production of 2,000 to 3,000 kg at a purchase price of $45,000 per kilogram, and additional income for the cultivation of watermelon, with an expected increase of several thousand dollars per acre.”
