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Chestnuts ripe for harvest

2023-09-29

Over 1,000 mu (about 66.67 hectares) of chestnut trees in Xinche Village, Baishidu Town, Yizhang County have entered harvest season. In the chestnut planting base, the lush branches are covered with prickly chestnuts, and ripe ones grin at the sky, revealing the yellow-brown shells.  

 

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Xinche Village has more hilly land than flat land, and its geographical environment and climate are particularly suitable for planting chestnuts. Since the early 1990s, the village has planted early and late maturing chestnut varieties. 
 
After more than 40 years of development, the village has planted more than 1,000 mu (about 66.67 hectares) of chestnut trees, and one-third of the villagers are engaged in the chestnut industrial chain involving planting, management and sales, achieving an annual income of over 3 million yuan. 
 
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Next, the village will create a good chestnut picking orchard to develop rural tourism, strengthen agricultural technology training to improve the yield and quality of chestnuts, in an effort to help increase farmers’ income and promote rural revitalization.