The 2024 Zhaoqing Sweet Potato Industry Development and Tasting Conference will be held in Dinghu

The 2024 Zhaoqing Sweet Potato Industry Development and Tasting Conference will be held in Dinghu

Zhaoqing Agriculture and Rural Affairs 2024-01-20 19:05 Published in Guangdong

In order to demonstrate the main achievements of Zhaoqing's sweet potato industry development and famous, special and high-quality new agricultural products, demonstrate and promote improved varieties and methods, and promote the industrial development of the entire sweet potato industry chain, the 2024 Zhaoqing Sweet Potato Industry Development and Tasting Conference will be held on January 19, 2024. It was successfully held in Shapu Town, Dinghu District. Lin Yonghong, member and vice chairman of the Zhaoqing CPPCC Party Group, Luo Yixin, chief economist of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Luo Guowu, deputy director of the Provincial Agricultural Technology Promotion Center, attended the event. Chen Jianhui, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government, presided over the event.

The conference released the "Overall Action Goals for the Development of Zhaoqing's Sweet Potato Industry in the Three Years (2024-2026)", introduced the three main sweet potato varieties in Zhaoqing, shared the experience and practices of the whole industry chain model of the sweet potato industry, and held a " The "Sweet Potato Joint Breeding Base" flag-awarding ceremony of the Zhaoqing Detachment of the Guangdong Sweet Potato Agricultural Technology Light Cavalry Service Corps unveiled the "Agricultural Insurance 'Prevention and Relief' Publicity Demonstration Base". Provincial and municipal leaders also participated The launching ceremony of the 2024 Zhaoqing Sweet Potato Industry Development and Tasting Event.

During the observation and tasting activities of sweet potato green, high-yielding and efficient planting technology and varieties, participants visited various brightly colored sweet potato varieties grown by the Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, and tasted roasted sweet potatoes, dried sweet potatoes, sweet potato wine, sweet potato biscuits, and sweet potato cakes. Through on-site visits and tastings of various sweet potato processed products such as bread products, the taste and nutritional value of our city’s sweet potatoes were highly praised.

It is understood that Zhaoqing's sweet potato industry has a good foundation. It is the area with the largest sweet potato planting area and the highest yield in the Pearl River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The development of the sweet potato industry is an important way and potential to steadily increase food production, and is important for ensuring food security. Significance.

At present, the city's sweet potato planting area exceeds 170,000 acres, with a yield of over 250,000 tons. It has applied for registration of 2 new sweet potato varieties, introduced and promoted more than 50 high-quality sweet potato varieties, established more than 500 acres of standardized demonstration bases, and compiled the local standard "Guangdong Province". "Technical Specifications for Sweet Potato Cultivation in Tanbu Town, Ningxian County" provides technical support for the breeding of virus-free sweet potato seedlings, the construction of standardized planting demonstration bases, the prevention and control of sweet potato pests and diseases, and the application of green and efficient cultivation in our city.

In recent years, Zhaoqing City has insisted on giving priority to the development of agriculture and rural areas, insisting on developing modern agriculture with industrialization thinking, focusing on the implementation of the specific deployment of the Provincial Party Committee’s “1310”, conscientiously implementing the specific arrangements of the provincial and municipal “Hundreds and Thousands of Projects”, and focusing on the main responsibilities and main businesses. , to accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.

With the strong support and careful guidance of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Guangdong Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Guangdong Provincial Agricultural Technology Extension Center and other units, the development of Zhaoqing’s sweet potato industry has achieved remarkable results, and has successfully created a “seedling nursery” for sweet potatoes in Tambu Town. With the whole industrial chain of planting-processing-sales, we have created our own brand and been selected as one of the "Top Ten Famous Potato Brands" in Guangdong.

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In 2021, Tanbu Town in Guangning County was selected as a provincial advantageous area for characteristic agricultural products;

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In 2023, Guangning County and Huaiji County were both selected into the first list of key counties in Guangdong's sweet potato improvement action, providing strong support for our city to comprehensively improve sweet potato production, quality and sales.

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Our city will launch the implementation of the three-year improvement action for the development of the sweet potato industry (2024-2026), strengthen cooperation between the government, universities, scientific research institutions, and enterprises, promote new breakthroughs in the key core breeding and cultivation technologies of the sweet potato industry, and build Guangning and Huaiji. and other sweet potato green, high-yielding and efficient demonstration counties, strengthen chain construction, extension and repair, plant an additional 30,000 acres of sweet potatoes, introduce a number of sweet potato production, processing, and sales enterprises, promote high-quality development of the entire sweet potato industry chain, and promote the revitalization of rural industries. It drives farmers to increase their income and become rich, and injects new impetus and vitality into Zhaoqing's construction of a strong agricultural city.

Relevant responsible comrades such as the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Agricultural Technology Promotion Center, Zhaoqing Municipal Finance Bureau, Zhaoqing Municipal and County Agricultural and Rural Affairs Bureau, China Life Property Insurance Co., Ltd. Zhaoqing Central Branch and Shenzhen Zixin Potato Industry Technology Co., Ltd. and other enterprise representatives participated in the event.

Zhaoqing New Area Economic Promotion Bureau

Address: within the Management Committee of Zhaoqing New Area, No. 1 Jinhua Road, Dinghu District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Tel: 86-758-2583333

Fax: 86-758-2588213

Email: investzqxq@163.com

Investment Promotion Bureau of Huaiji County

Address: Investment Promotion Bureau of Huaiji County, Jinji Park, Xingfu 1st Road, Huaiji County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Tel: 86-758-5555666

Fax: 86-758-5553436

Email: zqhjzsj@163.com

Investment Promotion Bureau of Dinghu District

Address: in the People's Government compound of Dinghu District, Luoyin Road, Dinghu District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Tel: 86-758-2626878

Fax: 86-758-2626908

Email: dh2629813@163.com

Guangning County Investment Promotion Bureau

Address: No. 6, Daxin Road, Chebeidong, Nanjie Town, Guangning County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Tel: 86-758-8639338

Fax: 86-758-8669831

Email: gnzsb01@163.com