The vegetable basket is stable! More than 100 million acres of vegetables in the field nationwide. Weather | High temperature | Vegetable basket

Recently, some regions in China have been experiencing sustained high temperatures, posing a significant challenge to the supply of "vegetable baskets". At present, the vegetable planting areas in northern China have gradually entered the peak harvest season, effectively alleviating the pressure on the supply of some vegetables.

More than 100 million acres of vegetables in the field nationwide

Guaranteed supply

The latest data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that the summer and autumn vegetable advantage areas in China, such as the Loess Plateau, Northeast China, and Northwest China, have entered the peak season for vegetable harvesting, with a significant increase in vegetable market volume. According to statistics, the vegetable production in early July this year was 24.49 million tons, an increase of 210000 tons year-on-year. The national vegetable field area was 105.46 million mu, an increase of 1.06 million mu year-on-year. The national vegetable production and supply are guaranteed.

Zhangjiakou City in Hebei Province is the most important cold vegetable base in Beijing and surrounding areas. The reporter saw in a vegetable greenhouse in Zhangjiakou that the garden was full of green and vibrant energy. Various organic vegetables such as cucumbers and eggplants are growing well, and workers are busy harvesting and packing vegetables.

Kangbao County, Zhangjiakou City is one of the main vegetable producing areas in China. Currently, there are more than 10 varieties of vegetables planted, including Chinese cabbage, round cabbage, baby bok choy, and cabbage flowers, covering an area of approximately 70000 acres. Entering July, in addition to the official launch of greenhouse vegetables, the large and high-yield outdoor vegetables in the local area have also entered the first batch of peak sales season.

Heilongjiang Harbin Vegetable Merchant: I am from Harbin, Heilongjiang. Because the quality and variety of cabbage here are very good, we come here every year to serve cabbage.

Zunhua, Hebei is one of the main vegetable producing areas in the eastern region of Hebei, with garlic yellow being an important vegetable variety. At present, garlic yellow has entered the harvest period, and farmers are busy harvesting and cold chain preserving garlic yellow.

Zhu Weili, a garlic yellow planter in Zhushanzhuang Village, Zunhua City: In the past two years, our village has built a large cold storage, and cold chain transportation vehicles are also equipped. The freshness of garlic yellow can be well preserved, ensuring that it is still fresh when delivered to markets such as Beijing and Tianjin on the same day.

Take multiple measures simultaneously

Ensure summer vegetable supply

To ensure the "vegetable basket" of the people, currently, China's main vegetable planting areas are taking multiple measures to ensure the production and supply of vegetables.

Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province is an important vegetable supply area in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. In Anyuan County, Ganzhou City, vegetable farmer Yang Liancheng is using automated sprinkler facilities to water and cool the "Shanghai green" in the greenhouse. This one click electrical shading net ensures the normal temperature inside the greenhouse.

Yang Liancheng, a vegetable grower in Hezi Town, Anyuan County: The sprinkler irrigation facilities can be remotely controlled and can also play a water-saving role. At the same time, they are equipped with shading nets to control the greenhouse temperature within 38 ℃.

At the same time, the agricultural department of Anyuan County in Ganzhou City has also strengthened the reserve of vegetable drought resistance materials and drought resistance technology services. Organize agricultural technicians to go deep into the fields and provide on-site consultations for vegetable farmers.

Due to severe drought in Xunwu County, Ganzhou City. The local vegetable base utilizes intelligent temperature control systems and intelligent irrigation systems that integrate water and fertilizer to accurately manage the fertilizer and water content of vegetables, allowing them to grow healthily even under high temperatures.

At the vegetable planting base in Sheqi County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, local vegetable farmers have selected vegetables with short growth cycles and drought resistance to overcome the adverse effects of high temperatures.

Wang Kai, the person in charge of Lianxin Vegetable Base in Raoliang Town, Sheqi County, Nanyang City: 28 days from planting to harvest is enough. Vegetables planted on June 28th can be harvested around July 25th.

In the near future, the scope of high temperature weather in the country will be further expanded. In order to ensure the stable supply of summer vegetables, relevant departments of the country will strengthen the monitoring of high temperature warning weather, guide farmers to reserve disaster prevention materials, take response measures in advance, and tighten the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system, do a good job in stabilizing the production, supply, and price of "vegetable basket" products, and ensure sufficient market supply and stable prices.

Orderly connection between vegetable production and sales

Ensure stable quality and price

To ensure sufficient quantity and stable prices of vegetables and fruits, vegetable production enterprises and farmers across the country have strengthened the orderly connection of cold chain storage, transportation, and sales of vegetables.

To ensure the freshness of vegetables, in Xunwu County, Jiangxi Province, vegetable farmers adjust their vegetable picking time and choose to pick them in the evening or morning. The picked vegetables will be immediately sent to the intelligent cold chain logistics warehouse for preservation treatment.

Huang Ping from Yiyuanhua Smart Vegetable Base in Xingfu Town, Xunwu County: We pick vegetables before 10 am and send them to the neighboring cold storage for pre dehydration, which can maintain the freshness of the vegetables.

In Anyuan County, Jiangxi Province, vegetable farmers directly drive the "cold chain logistics vehicle" to the field and immediately transport the picked vegetables to the destination after loading, ensuring the freshness of vegetables while also stabilizing the supply and price of vegetables to the greatest extent possible.

Vegetable farmer Shang Yujun from Yangjia Village, Anyuan County: Our vegetables at our base are picked from the morning and transported directly to the Greater Bay Area market via cold chain logistics vehicles for 3-4 hours.

Entering summer, about 6100 tons of vegetables are concentrated on the market in Anyuan County. The local normalization has opened a vegetable direct train to the Greater Bay Area, achieving seamless integration in various aspects such as vegetable cultivation, storage, transportation, and sales. At the same time, the construction of vegetable cold chain and the supply of pre made vegetable markets have been increased.

In Sheqi County, Henan Province, local vegetable production enterprises and farmers have adopted various production and sales docking business models of "direct access from farmland to dining tables" to shorten the vegetable supply time.

Wang Kai, the person in charge of Lianxin Vegetable Base in Raoliang Town, Sheqi County, Nanyang City: Every day, 5000 to 6000 pieces of vegetables are shipped. The Jiangnan Market already knows how many vegetables are sent, and during this process, they have already been sold out.

According to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, as of now, the central government has supported the construction of 75000 refrigeration and preservation facilities in production areas, with an additional storage capacity of over 18 million tons and a county-level coverage rate of over 70%. In the future, the country will also innovate investment and financing models, and build a number of agricultural product backbone cold chain logistics bases with the ability to lead industries, radiate urban and rural areas, and provide emergency supply guarantees for "vegetable baskets".