High Quality Development of Fruit and Vegetable Industry Helps Rural Revitalization

In recent days, in the “Shule” modern efficient agriculture demonstration park located in Tazihong Township, Shule County, Xinjiang, every greenhouse is filled with the joy of harvest. The watermelon variety “Zaochummi No.1” introduced from Shandong has been picked in large quantities and sold to the market.

On the 17th, a reporter from China News Network saw at the “Vegetable Le” Modern Efficient Agriculture Demonstration Park that staff were busy picking, packing, weighing, and loading. Alimu Aimaiti, a rural resident of Kumuxilike in Shule County, told reporters that he has been working in the demonstration park for almost two years, where he has learned techniques for three-dimensional planting of watermelons such as seedling cultivation, transplanting, and tending. His monthly salary is 4000 yuan, I plan to contract a greenhouse in the future and grow my own watermelons, which are more expensive than the ones we used to grow. My son has also come here to see me grow watermelons, and he is very happy

It is reported that the “Vegetable Le” Modern Efficient Agriculture Demonstration Park project is a key investment attraction project in Shule County. It is invested, constructed and operated by Weifang Guopai Watermelon Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., a key agricultural leading enterprise in Shandong and a well-known brand of national watermelon. Wu Bingbing, the person in charge of Guopai Watermelon Planting Base in Shule County, said, “This year, 30 greenhouses have been planted for watermelons and 72 greenhouses for melons. It is expected that the total production of watermelons will be around 400 tons, and the total production of melons will be around 1000 tons

It is reported that the recently matured harvested variety is “Early Spring Honey No.1”, which is an excellent variety introduced from Shandong. It adopts a vertical planting mode, one vine, one melon, and advanced scientific planting methods. It is cultivated with organic fertilizer and is truly pollution-free green food, which is highly favored by consumers in the market. Li Baofeng, a technician at the “Vegetable Le” Modern Efficient Agriculture Demonstration Park, said, “The variety we are planting this year is’ Early Spring Honey 1 ‘. The characteristic of this variety is that it has a very strong fruit aroma and high sweetness.

The “Vegetable Joy” modern and efficient agricultural demonstration park is a microcosm of the development of vegetable industry in Shule County. In recent years, the county has attached great importance to the development of the vegetable industry, based on resource advantages, optimized industrial layout, built a batch of standardized production bases with good economic benefits and strong radiation effects. Through online and offline publicity, attracting enterprises to extend and supplement the chain, strengthening the chain and optimizing the chain, and holding melon and vegetable cultural festivals to promote high-quality development of the vegetable industry, truly making the “vegetable basket” a “money bag” for the people, and promoting rural revitalization.