Butter nuts, also known as avocados, oil pears, are welcomed by many vegetarians for their protein abundance. In recent days, journalists have visited the market and found that shea is mainly imported at a price of about $10 each. In fact, guangxi also has locally produced shea nuts, and the taste of high-quality varieties is almost comparable to that of imported fruit, at a price of $16 to $30 per kilogram。
Some of guangxi's shea varieties. Zheng xiaofan
Butter is also made of guangxi
Journalists visited and found that, at present, most of the shea sold in local fruit shops came from imported or other production areas in the country. Imports are usually sold individually at a price of $10-15 each and weigh more than 100 grams。
In fact, shea is also grown in guangxi. On 29 august, ms. Zhang received from her friend several large, home-grown shea nuts, each weighing nearly 1 kg, which were more than three times the size of imported shea. The shea is cut in half, and orange and yellow meat makes people salivate; the core is slightly larger than the imported shea, but the rate is significantly higher。
"we have one or two ferret trees in each of our homes, which can't be missed in the memory of the taste buds from childhood." ms. Lang's home is in longzhou, where she told journalists that it is now the season of maturity of the local shea and that, due to low yields, it is generally sold locally or through electric power platforms. The local shea is known to be worth $16 to $30 per kilogram and 500 to 750 grams per kilogram。
Imported soil and water
It is known that there are currently nearly 300,000 acres of shea, but a single variety, mostly hass, originating in mexico and known as “forest cheese”. Moreover, cultivation has been uneven, particularly in guangxi district, where the cultivation of hash has shown no advantage。
"in the beginning, we introduced hasi, but it's not very good for guangxi." zheng xiaofan, director of the centre for advanced fruit research of the south asian institute of tropical agricultural sciences in guangxi (hereinafter referred to as “the guangxi south asia institute”), described the studies carried out by south asia in guangxi as early as the 1950s on seedlings, good seed selections and bountiful cultivation, which, according to the results of previous experiments, had a normal flowering effect in much of guangxi。
According to incomplete statistics, in recent years, guangxi has grown about 20,000 acres of butter, which has not been produced on a scale, owing to the fact that most of the seedings are live, of poor quality and low yield. The selection of shea varieties suitable for local production is therefore important for the development of the guangxi specialty fruit-tree industry and for improving its economic efficiency。
Local varieties are popular
In august of this year, more than 100 national shea nuts entered the shea season in guangxi south-west asia, with a grenade-sized shea full of branches, maturating for up to nine months, with harvest periods lasting from july to march。
Currently, south-west guangxi has collected more than 350 herbs and more than 100 herbs this year, of which two highly efficient shea varieties of tungsten and purple, which began to grow in 1987, are well received by the market。
“the two varieties of purple gold and talon are productive, efficient and appropriate for local development.” zheng xiaofang told journalists that after years of screening and testing, the taste of purple gold and tumbler butter is now almost comparable to that of imported fruit。
In general, shea butter is imported only five or six matures to begin harvesting and then, after a long transport process, is refined domestically. The national shea can be grown up in trees until they are eight or nine years old, then picked up the delivery, and the taste of the shea is thicker。
Zheng xiaofan explained that two highly productive shea varieties of tunglong and purple have been selected in south-west guangxi and have applied for the protection of new national plant varieties, with nearly 8,000 acres of cultivation in longzhou, and that pilot planting has been initiated in 100-colour and is being replicated in other suitable areas throughout the region, allowing more consumers to taste locally produced butter。
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