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West China

Vegetable industry experiences growth in Gansu

2015-06-01 10:18:16

Wushan county in Northwest China's Gansu province held the opening ceremony of 2015 Wushan Vegetable Fair on May 26. According to local authorities, the fair was focused on developing an environmentally friendly and efficient agricultural industry and ensuring product safety.

Themed on "promoting modern agriculture and increasing farmers’ income", the fair took place at the Wushan vegetable science and technology demonstration garden.

During the four-day fair, various activities were held concerning the development of vegetable industry, including a vegetable industry forum, agricultural products exhibition, promotion conference and investment environment briefing.

Organizers of the event included the Gansu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Bureau, and governments of Tianshui city and Wushan county.

According to the Gansu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Bureau, Gansu seeks to improve its vegetable quality safety regulatory system by popularizing biological and low toxic pesticides and increasing the pesticides utilization efficiency.

Wushan county is an example of developing efficient agriculture.

Located in the southeast Gansu province, Wushan was honored as the national "demonstration of green agriculture", and "key county for vegetable industry." More importantly, it was awarded the "hometown of Chinese chives" by the national Ministry of Agriculture in 2005.

The local government of Gansu has strived to develop Wushan into a vegetable export base in recent years. In 2014, income from the vegetable industry made up 48 percent of the net income of local farmers. By the end of 2014, the vegetable field covered 24.33 hectares of land, which produces more than 1 million tons of vegetables and coughs up an annual output value of 2 billion yuan ($320 million).

Science and technology plays a vital role in the growth of the vegetable industry. Wushan science and technology bureau and agricultural bureau provide agricultural training and send technical engineers to tutor farmers regularly.

Source: China Daily

 

Editor:Liu Kan