Fruit Growing and Poverty Reduction:China

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¡¡¡¡i.Development of both speaalty industries and high-quality parks is realized.According to the industrial foundation in different areas,Yishui County developed Five blocks to alleviate poverty through the fnut industry.First,modern apple orchard parks were built.Speafically,Hongqishan,Shanjiazhuang and Penshan demonstration parks of apples cultivated with dwarfing rootstock were established in Yicheng Subdistrict,Yimeng Tourist Attraction,and Longjiaquan Town,respectively,and apples in this kind have been planted in an area of 2,000 hectares.Second,production areas for medium- and late-matuting peaches were developed in northern and western mountainous areas.Key industrial parks for peaches were builtin Dianping Village of Quanzhuang Town and Shangxue Village of Gaozhuang Town,and its peach industrial bases covered an area of 8,700 hectares.Third,yellow peach production and pfocessing bases,withpoverty-stricken villages after felocation from reservoir areas being the main partiapants,were built around Bashan Reservoir,aiming to plant improved yellow peach variety under the brand of "Golden Queen"bred in the county.Besides,key yellow peach parks were established in Shanghutongyu of Zhuge Town and Bashandianzi of Yicheng Subdisrict,with a peak processing base covering an area of 1,300 hectares.Fourth,large cherry cultivation bases were built mainly in Xiawei Town,Yicheng Subdistrict and Fuguanzhuang Town.In addition,Shengmushan Large Cherry base,northern cherry park and near-city cherry-picking leisure¡¡¡¡park were established one after another.Fifth,protected area fruit bases were built mainly in Sishilipu Town,Xujiahu Town and Fuguanzhuang Town.Moreover,Houpo Greenhouse Peach Park,Youlan Greenhouse Large Cherry Park and Zhaike Spring Greenhouse Nectarine Park were developed successively,enabling planting and fruiting in the same year,thus faalitating poverty eradication.¡¡¡¡ii.Poverty alleviation and income growth are both promoted.A large number of modern fruit industrial parks with a high management level and complete infrastructures,like Sishili Henghe Farm,Fenghuang Mountain Demonstration Pafk in Cuijiayu Town,and Xujiahu Town Hazelnut Demonstration Park,were built to effectively improve Yishui's modern fruit industry park construction,comprehensive fruit production capacity,market competitiveness,and brand influence.They helped more than 8,600 poverty-stricken households increase incomes,promoted the development of a large number of fruit production-related industries,like processing,logistics and storage,material packaging,tourism and sightseeing,and realized the transformation ffom simply productionoriented agriculture to integtated agriculture covering ecology,tourism,leisure and sightseeing,playing an important role in promot£ºing industrial employment and poverty alleviation for farmers.This project of poverty alleviation through industrial development brought 3,953 million yuan of benefits,and covered 32,956 poverty-stticken households,with an income increase of more than 500 yuan per household.¡¡¡¡¡­¡­