"Spanish Taste" in China's "Tomato Town"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 2: The "Spanish Taste" in China's "Tomato Town"

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Hao Meng Dingbo

In Almeia, Agricultural Town, Agricultural Agricultural, agricultural expert Francisco Garcia woke up in the morning and would habitually dial the video call of Chinese colleagues.

"Each fertilization is 7 to 9 minutes in summer, starting from 7 am, so that it can accumulate enough water." Garcia explained the technical steps in detail. What the Spanish agricultural expert cares about is a "Tomato Town" located in Taigu District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province.

Taste from Spain

The "Tomato Town" was established in 2017. Not only is there a full set of greenhouse equipment from Spain, a variety of tomato varieties, but also the technical guidance of foreign experts. Spanish taste ".

The types of tomato planted in the "Tomato Town" come from Europe, such as Miria Tomato, Raf Bull Tomato, and Sun Tomato from Spain. The skewers of Miria Tomato are particularly welcomed by the market.

"We planted a lot of Almeia's tomato varieties there," Garcia introduced. The team continuously cultivated and selected tomatoes that can most suitable for the Chinese environment and suitable for sales in China from the initial 40 varieties.

"Finally, we have determined a round, sweet cherry tomato, because Chinese catering culture likes the sweet tomato with rich flavor," said Garcia, which has been guided by more than 4 years.

Technical support Chinese and Western combination

The "Tomato Town" not only has the guidance of Spanish experts, but also received a large number of technical support from Chinese personnel. The climatic conditions of "Tomato Town" and Spain are large, and the planting technology requires the targeted adjustment of Chinese agricultural experts.

"Spain is a Mediterranean climate, warm and humid in winter, suitable for overwinter production. And the Loess Plateau is a temperate continental climate, mainly in summer, and requires comprehensive plant protection measures to play a effect of preventing diseases and insects." Sun Sheng, a professor at the School of Horticulture, Agricultural University.

In the park, the tomato production automation CNC system provides nutritional needs at different stages of seedlings. The shading curtain system dynamically adjusts the light and temperature in the shed according to the weather conditions, and maximizes the favorable environment of tomato growth.

Sin Chineseization in Spain, building a modern agricultural park according to local conditions, and expanding the tomato planting chain is the direction of the Chinese expert team. After several years of exchanges and cooperation, the roles undertaken by Chinese experts have gradually shifted from "assistance" to "dominating".

Steady happiness at the door

Intelligent controlling the glass temperature room, a string of tomatoes hanging on the green vine like a small lantern, rosy and crystal clear. In the aisle in the middle of the cultivation rack, the workers took the lifting vehicle to dredge fruit, control, and picking in an orderly manner.

The "Tomato Town" was established by Shanxi Tiansen Dudu Tomato Technology Co., Ltd. Gao Ruili, general manager of the company, said that "Tomato Town" provides more than 100 jobs for surrounding farmers. Glass greenhouse, breaks through traditional agricultural seasonal restrictions, can produce 15 kg per square meter tomato.

Zhao Laxian, a 53 -year -old farmer, has come to work for more than 3 years. She said that the "Tomato Town" working environment is in good working environment and can earn at least 50,000 yuan a year. Last year, the Zhao Laxian's family moved into a new residence with only a few tens of meters away from the park.

Du Yinwu, chairman of Shanxi Tiansen Group Co., Ltd., said that "Tomato Town" not only increased farmers' income, but also promoted agricultural production technology.

Today, in addition to the production and sales of fresh fruits, the "Tomato Town" new tomato juice processing production line, extend the tomato industry chain, increase the added value, and plan to build the tomato culture expo and other projects in the future, expand business, research, training and other cultural tourism experience activities , Form the integration and development of the first two and three industries.

According to Garcia, since the "Tomato Town" has been put into production, it has obtained global good agricultural standardized certification for several years, and tomato quality has reached the standard of European agricultural products export standards. "Looking forward to China's" Tomato Town "tomatoes can be exported to more countries, I believe that there will be more cooperative projects in China and Spain and even Europe in the future," said Garcia.

[Editor in charge: Liu Yang]

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