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Teng County, China: Young people in the arrowroot industry chain

Arrowroot
China
Published Mar 17, 2022

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Spring is blooming. In Teng County, Guangxi, the "Hometown of Pueraria in China", there are many "post-80s", "post-90s" and "post-00s" figures active in the industrial chain of kudzu planting, processing, and sales. These young people are the characteristics of this Industrial development brings vitality and vitality. It is slightly different from the spring ploughing scene in other places. Now it is not only the cultivation period of the new kudzu seedlings in Teng County, but also the harvest season of kudzu. Looking from the fields of Longtang Village, Heping Town, many villagers two A group of people, each holding a slender and heavy shovel, inserted the shovel down into the mound like throwing a javelin. He built a "hill". On the other side, Zhang Chengzhou, a young man born in the 1980s, was using a hoe to loosen the soil, forming a ridge of fields. Although he was sweating profusely, he worked very hard. After graduating from high school, he has been planting kudzu for nearly 20 years. In recent years, Zhang Chengzhou has also reclaimed the land abandoned by his relatives and friends, and planted 18 mu of kudzu. "In 2021, the fenugreek market will be good, and the purchase price of land will exceed 2 per kilogram. Yuan. Excluding the cost, my family made a net profit of 120,000 yuan." He said. In China, there is a saying that "Northern ginseng and southern kudzu", powder kudzu has both medicinal and edible value. The kudzu is large in size, thin in skin and high in quality, with a lot of powder and no residue, and high nutritional value. Especially in Heping Town, 35,000 mu of kudzu are planted all year round, with an average annual yield of about 5,000 kg per mu. Some investors actively participate in the processing of kudzu. The industry is developing rapidly.

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Spring is blooming. In Teng County, Guangxi, the "Hometown of Pueraria in China", there are many "post-80s", "post-90s" and "post-00s" figures active in the industrial chain of kudzu planting, processing, and sales. These young people are the characteristics of this Industrial development brings vigor and vitality. It is slightly different from the spring ploughing scene elsewhere. Now it is not only the cultivation period of the new kudzu seedlings in Teng County, but also the harvest season of kudzu. Looking from the fields of Longtang Village, Heping Town, many villagers are in groups of two, each holding a handle. The slender and heavy shovel, like throwing a javelin, inserted the shovel down into the mound, pressing and lifting it, "prying" the kudzu out. After a while, the freshly unearthed kudzu formed a "hill". On the other side, Zhang Chengzhou, a young man born in the 1980s, was using a hoe to loosen the soil to form a ridge. Although he was sweating profusely, he worked ...
Source: Chinaeconomy
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