As the region enters its two-month harvest season, growers in the Shuicheng district of Liupanshui, Guizhou province, are are harvesting thorn pears.
To produce high quality fruit, Shuicheng has applied bio-control and organic farming technologies. It has also created a mechanism that connects processing enterprises and cooperatives to encourage 162,000 thorn pear farmers in developing the industry, local authorities said.
Wang Tianyong, a resident of Cuobo village in Shuicheng, has reaped his best harvest of thorn pears this year — approximately 10,000 kilograms. He expressed his gratitude for the support given to fruit farmers by companies and made up his mind to plant more thorn pears in the coming year.
Source: chinadaily.com.cn
