China: What will be the biggest variable in the watermelon industry in 2022?
Fresh Watermelon
China
Published May 22, 2022
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Watermelon is a summer fruit. The flesh is sweet and can cool down and relieve the heat. The seeds contain oil and can be used as a recreational food. Seeds come in various forms, and are most famous in Xinjiang, Lanzhou, Gansu, Sishui, Shandong, and Liyang, Jiangsu. The original species may come from Africa, and have been widely cultivated in tropical to temperate regions of the world for a long time, and were introduced to China in the Jin and Yuan dynasties.
Original content
Watermelon is a summer fruit, the flesh is sweet, can cool down and relieve the heat; the seeds contain oil, which can be used as a recreational food; the peel is medicinal, and has the effects of clearing heat, diuresis, and lowering blood pressure. Cultivated all over China, there are many varieties, with various forms of exocarp, pulp and seeds. Xinjiang, Lanzhou, Gansu, Sishui, Shandong, Liyang, Jiangsu and other places are the most famous. Its original species may come from Africa, and it has been widely cultivated in the tropical to temperate zones of the world for a long time, and it was introduced to China in the Jin and Yuan dynasties. Relevant data shows that, affected by the price of watermelon in 2021, the enthusiasm of melon farmers is not high, and the planting area in 2022 will decrease by 30%. Since the beginning of May this year, the demand for watermelons across the country has increased. Affected by the subtropical depression and the El Niño phenomenon, the ...
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