Hunchun, China: Escape from poverty with Japanese apples: “Kohei Fruit Garden”
-Hunchun apple that inherits the DNA of Japan-
October 24
Yanbian, Jilin Province
Korean Autonomous Prefecture
Hunchun
On the 15th, the “2021 Hunchun City Farmers Good Harvest Festival” was held.
Apples, an important local agricultural product, were also exhibited.
Selenium apple:
The most popular variety is the selenium apple.
Tomi is a food rich in the trace element selenium.
Selenium apples are large in size
The taste is rich, not only in China but also
It is also exported to Russia.
Japanese agricultural scientist
Mr. Kohei Katsuragi
Mr. Katsuragi visited Mengling Village in Hunchun City in 1994.
He then gave more than 10 apple saplings to Mengling Village six times.
Largest apple producing area:
It’s been over 20 years.
The cultivated area of selenium apples in Hunchun is 713 hectares.
Annual output is 35,000 tons,
Annual sales have reached 30 million yuan (537 million yen).
Mengling Fengli Apple Base:
It is the largest apple-producing region in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.
“Kohei Fruit Garden”:
A local farmer built a “Kohei fruit garden” after Mr. Katsuragi.
Many farmers make a living by growing apples here.
Hunchun Peasant Good Harvest Festival Held on the 15th = China Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, China Radio International
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