China News Service, Chongqing, February 27 (Reporter Chen Chao) On the 27th, the reporter learned from Fuling District, Chongqing that at present, Fuling District, which has the reputation of "the hometown of mustard in the world", has ushered in a bumper harvest season of cabbage heads.
It is reported that relying on a well-integrated mustard industry chain, a total of 729,000 mu of cabbage heads are planted in Fuling this year, and the output is expected to reach 1.6 million tons.
According to the minimum protection price of 800 yuan per ton, it can bring nearly 1.3 billion yuan of income to local vegetable farmers.
People chop off the heads of greens.
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Located in the heart of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Fuling District is the "Hometown of Mustard in China". The local mustard is made of fresh and crispy mustard with unique processing technology.
Its traditional production techniques have been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list.
Fuling ushered in the harvest season of cabbage heads.
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According to reports, Chongqing Fuling mustard mustard was born in 1898 and was introduced to the market and the world. After a hundred years of vicissitudes, it is known as the world's three famous pickles along with European pickles and German sweet and sour cabbage.
At present, it has developed into an advantageous and characteristic industry in the local rural economy with large scale of production and sales, high brand awareness and strong radiation and driving ability.
Local people are making mustard in the field.
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In recent years, Chongqing has empowered traditional industries with technology, innovatively developed intelligent production, intelligent processing, and big data marketing through the implementation of major national projects such as the Fuling Mustard Modern Agricultural Industrial Park, the mustard industrial cluster in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the typical county of the mustard industrial chain. Continue to explore the road of concentrated, agglomerated and intensive development of the mustard industry in Fuling, build a whole industry chain of "large base + fine processing + strong commerce + high technology + deep integration", basically forming a high-quality integrated development of "science, industry, agriculture, culture and tourism" model.
Local people are making mustard in the field.
Photo by Yellow River
At present, the mustard industry in Chongqing takes Fuling as the core, and radiates along the Yangtze River coastline to Yubei, Changshou, Fengdu, Dianjiang, Wanzhou and other districts and counties. The mustard raw material green head planting covers 18 districts and counties in the city, with a total area of over 180 10,000 mu, the output of green cabbage is more than 3.2 million tons.
The mustard industry has become a pillar industry with large production and sales scale, high brand awareness and strong radiation driving ability in the rural economy of Chongqing.
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