A bumper harvest of yam in Lijialou Village, Jinghai District, Tianjin City (photo)

At present, it is the harvest time of Chinese yam, and there is a busy scene everywhere in the yam planting base of Lijialou Village, Liangwangzhuang Township, Jinghai District, Tianjin. The villagers are busy shoveling and harvesting yam in their yam fields. Looking at the "strong and solid" yams, the villagers smiled happily from ear to ear. Villager Sun Yushu said with joy: "the market price of yam is good this year. Calculated at the current price of 8 yuan per kilogram, the net income per mu of land is about 20,000 yuan. This is really a bumper harvest!"

In recent years, Liangwangzhuang Township, centering on the overall situation of agricultural development in the region, has conscientiously implemented the development of characteristic agriculture as an important way to increase agricultural efficiency and increase farmers' income. Combined with the hundred-year planting history of Chinese yam in Lijialou village, active measures should be taken to make this characteristic agriculture bigger and stronger. Through the holding of training courses, on-site guidance and other ways to support and guide, to further improve the enthusiasm of the broad masses of villagers. At present, the village has developed 120 mu of yam planting, involving each household. It is reported that Chinese yam has a variety of effects, such as invigorating the spleen and kidney, reducing blood sugar and dehumidification. Due to the suitable soil and water, proper management, and good taste and storage resistance of the yam, the yam is well received by consumers and sells well in Beijing and Tianjin. This alone has doubled the income of farmers.