At 9 o'clock in the morning, Tsering Qiongda, a villager of Pengcang Village, Bazha Township, Bailang County, Shigatse City, came to his vegetable greenhouse and transported the picked peppers to the farmers' market for sale. "Winter vegetables are high, especially during the New Year. She said.
Relying on the operation of 6 vegetable greenhouses, Tsering Qiongda's family income reached more than 100,000 yuan last year. More than 20 years ago, relying on the counterpart support of Jinan, Shandong, she began to learn vegetable planting techniques, and gradually formed today's planting scale. With more and more villagers joining, Pengcang Village, located on the bank of the Nianchu River, has gradually cultivated a fruit and vegetable industry. The 174 greenhouses produce more than a dozen varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, and peppers every day.
Greenhouse picking site. Xinhua News Agency.
Tashi Wangla, head of the Bazar Township Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Comprehensive Service Center, said that the winter greenhouses are mainly vegetable planting, and the average annual income of each shed is 170,000 to 230,000 yuan, and Pengcang Village has an average of 3 greenhouses per household, and the income of fruits and vegetables in greenhouses accounts for more than half of the local people's per capita disposable income.
In the comprehensive market of the supply and marketing company of Gyantse County, Shigatse City, Puqiong's vegetable shop is doing a brisk business, and more than 30 kinds of vegetables are from Bailang County. "Business is good during the Spring Festival and Tibetan New Year, and the store generally transports more than 7,000 catties of vegetables in the morning, and the daily turnover is more than 10,000 yuan. Pu Qiong said.
According to the data provided by the vegetable class of Bailang County, there are about 440 greenhouses that can produce vegetables per day in Bailang County at this stage, involving about 3,000 growers, and the daily amount of vegetables is 12 tons, which are mainly sold to Shigatse City, Bailang County and Gyantse County.
Technical experts guide vegetable farmers to grow vegetables. Xinhua News Agency.
At the same time, some greenhouse growers have laid out the summer fruit market in advance, and have begun to plant strawberries, melons, cherries, watermelons, dragon fruits, etc. In Aya Village, Gadong Town, Bailang County, a demonstration village for rural revitalization, 12 greenhouses invested and built with investment and assistance from Jinan, Shandong Province have been put into use, and a variety of fruit seedlings have been planted.
Li Kuan Yao, leader of the 10th batch of cadres in Jinan City and executive deputy secretary of Bailang County, said that in the future, it will focus on fruit and vegetable seedling breeding, standardized production, cold chain warehousing and logistics, brand cultivation, etc., and implement the strategy of upgrading fruit and vegetable industry clusters to drive more farmers and herdsmen to increase their income and get rich.
*:Xinhua.