Bohu, Xinjiang: Chili peppers sell smoothly and farmers' incomes are stable

In autumn, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are full of harvest
scenes.
In the drying yards of various townships and towns in Bohu County, Bayingoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, there was a busy scene, with villagers sorting and bagging the dried pigmented peppers, shipping them for sale, and their faces were filled with the joy of harvest
.

"This year, more than 20 acres of pigmented peppers were planted, and the mu produced 600 kilograms of dried peppers, and the township and village helped us contact stevedores and transport vehicles, and unified transportation to the purchase point for sale
.
" Li Xinchun, a villager in Xinbuhu Village, Benbutu Township, Bohu County, said
while busy loading alive.

At the pigmented chili pepper sales point in Bohu County, several trucks full of chili peppers slowly drove out and rushed to their destination; Inside the yard, forklifts shuttled back and forth, neatly stacking bags full of peppers and transporting them to trucks through conveyor
belts.

Chagdeer, mayor of Benbutu Township, Bohu County, said: "Since the autumn harvest, in order to ensure the sales of agricultural products, we have set up vegetable sales points and pigmented pepper sales points, and arranged village cadres to help coordinate transportation, sales and other matters
.
Especially during the peak sales period of pigmented peppers, we also coordinated forklifts, conveyor belts and fixed loaders to ensure the orderly sales
of various agricultural products while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control.
”

Bohu County has the largest inland freshwater lake in the country - Bosten Lake, where the ecological environment is beautiful, the land is flat and fertile, due to the regulation of Bosten Lake on the microclimate, the local cold and heat changes are not drastic, the frost-free period is long, and the light energy is rich - sufficient sunlight and secondary refracted light on the surface of the lake ensure the light required for the seedling stage and flowering and fruiting period of peppers, and also give "Bohu pepper" special qualities
with good coloring 。 In September 2013, "Bohu chili" was registered as a geographical indication product of agricultural products by the former Ministry of Agriculture; In August 2020, 10 chili brands such as Bohu chili, Zunyi Chaotian pepper and Zhecheng chili were rated as "Top Ten Famous Peppers in China" by the China Vegetable Circulation Association and awarded medals and certificates
.

Chen Jiangwei, director of the Bohu County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, said: "We sent technical service personnel to do color price testing for peppers through the pepper color price detector, so that the sales of pepper farmers' products can be 'price according to quality', so that customers can buy
with confidence.
" ”

Liu Changqi, a local sales agent who has been buying Bohu chili peppers for 5 consecutive years, said that the quality of Bohu chili peppers is good, because of the high color price of Bohu chili peppers, whether it is powdering or making granules, it is very good to sell, and Bohu has also set up chili pepper sales points, specially providing coal, boiling water, lunch, all aspects of protection are in place, and now pepper farmers are selling in an orderly manner
.

In recent years, Bohu County has continuously adjusted the agricultural industrial structure, relying on the advantages of geographical environment, actively developing the chili industry, focusing on building a brand economy, on the basis of the original traditional industry planting, constantly introducing and improving planting technology, the output value and output of agricultural products have increased year by year, and chili pepper has become an important industry
to promote rural revitalization and increase farmers' income.
Today, Bohu pigmented chili peppers not only meet the local market demand, but also sell to Hebei, Shandong and other places
.

(Luo Cheng, Nian Lei, Huang Lijuan)

China Food News(November 03, 2022, Version 04)

(Editor: Gao Jiaodi).