Zhang Cun: attracting African Chrysanthemum to become Rich

Spring flowers are romantic in March. In the thousands of acres of pollution-free fruit and vegetable demonstration base in Zhangcun Township, Dexing City, there is a sea of flowers with five colors hidden.

This area of African chrysanthemum reaches more than 20 mu, and it is a good "hope" for Xu Xianghua, a farmer, to increase his income and become rich. Two years ago, considering that farmers' traditional vegetable crops yielded very little, Xu Xianghua introduced African chrysanthemum, a special flower cash crop from the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and invested more than 800,000 yuan to build a high-standard integrated three-story greenhouse in the township fruit and vegetable base to try to open up a new way to get rich. Over the past few years, through the use of scientific production concepts, Rain Water has plenty of sunshine, and now his African chrysanthemum is growing happily.

It is understood that Xu Xianghua's African chrysanthemum base can produce more than 40,000 gerbera plants a year. According to the market price of about 70 cents a plant, the annual income can reach more than 300,000 yuan, with considerable benefits. At present, Xu Xianghua is considering doubling the planting area, establishing a family farm, introducing more new varieties of African chrysanthemum, building an ecological farm with experiential agricultural tourism, leisure and tourism as the main body, and guiding villagers to join us to achieve common prosperity.