China: High yield and bumper harvest of peppers

This year, the early spring peppers in Menglong Village, Tutai Village, Daheigong Village and other places in Yisa Town, Honghe County, Yunnan Province have had a bumper harvest. At present, the harvest is nearing its end, and the purchase price is also rising. Pepper cultivation has brought a lot of income to local vegetable farmers. Walking into the pepper planting base of Tutai Village Committee of Yisa Town, a string of brightly colored peppers in red and green hung on the branches. The villagers seized upon the fine weather for picking and loading. Villager Tan Yunfeng is well-known in the village as the "chili king". Because of his rich planting experience and a good grasp of market demand, the peppers grown by his family can always sell for good prices. Tan Yunfeng told reporters that his family had planted peppers in August last year, and they were growing well, and they had harvested them 7-8 times in the past three months. Like Tan Yunfeng, this year, Ta Fuqing, a ...