Potatoes, also known as potatoes, yams, the world's planting area of 400 million acres, China's sole planting of 150 million acres, mu yield ranging from 3,000-8,000 pounds, is one of China's four staple food.

Potato high nutritional value, vitamin C is four times that of apples

Potato cultivation is distributed in various regions of China, the basic south of Guizhou, Hubei and other places, the north of Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Northeast, etc., and varieties are also varied, stay planted, processed, and meals each have their own.

Last night, I saw a news story, Xi'an, a potato buyer transferred to Shanxi, a truck driver pulling potatoes, the driver traveled 2,000 miles to Xi'an, but because of the late arrival was deducted 10,000 yuan freight. I calculated, from Shanxi potato planting area Lanxian to Xi'an is just 500 kilometers out, is it from Inner Mongolia to pull the potato, according to the number of kilometers to see Xi'an to Jining exactly 1,000 kilometers. Other than that, this Xi'an potato buyers to seek far away to pull the Inner Mongolia potato must have its reason, right.

So as 1/3 of the world's potato planting area in China, which potato is the best? Planting situation, processing situation, sales situation who cattle? Listen to me one by one.

Just up potatoes

A, the nutritional value of potatoes, why it became the fourth staple food

Potatoes in the north of the people is an indispensable food, especially in the countryside, has long been a staple food in the city is also with the eating of roughage to change over. Now being valued, only to find that the nutrition of the potato is not generally high, its vitamin C content is actually four times the apple ah.

The nutritional value of potatoes can be divided into 3 parts:

1, high potassium

Potatoes contain 100 mg of potassium per 100 grams, can protect the heart muscle, to maintain heartbeat rhythm, there is a significant role in lowering blood pressure.

2, high dietary fiber

From the picture we can all see that kind of fiber fineness, fiber distribution in all parts of the potato body. Potato cellulose accounted for 8% of the total, these cellulose can make human intestinal biological growth and development, promote intestinal peristalsis, maintain intestinal water, is a wonderful dietary fiber food.

3, high vitamin C

Potato vitamin C is four times the content of apples, the content of 45%, vitamin C ascorbic acid can prevent colon cancer and lung cancer.

And why have potatoes become the country's fourth largest staple food?

One is the planting area increased year after year, as far as I know, the potato in 2017 when only 80 million mu, just three years has nearly doubled, this is the country for the potato planting of the importance of the results. Furthermore, the quality of potatoes now is really impressive, whether it is fried, baked, roasted, steamed, all have a different flavor. Coupled with the rice, wheat, corn, the transfer of production, for the potato planting area to provide the possibility of increasing, this is the potato into our country's fourth largest staple food reasons, right.

Potato blossom

Second, the distribution of southern potato

China's potato planting in the south is relatively small, because it is a temperate tropical region, the average annual temperature is relatively high, suitable for two or three crops, water land, acidic soils and clay soils more, but also really unsuitable for a large number of potato planting .

But the words can not say absolutely, in our country Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and other places are really planted, and is a two-season potato, in the middle of the rice and late rice harvest after inoculation of potatoes. One of the small potatoes in Hubei Enshi actually in the past two years red throughout the country, which is a breath of fresh air, we will be dedicated to Enshi potatoes in the following part VII.

Southern Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing region of the altitude changes, complex terrain, coupled with adequate rainfall, actually can also identify areas suitable for potato planting, because you can plant two crops a year, its yield is also very large.

Potato harvest

Third, the distribution of potato in the north

North of the north mainly refers to the Northwest, North China, Northeast China, these areas of the temperature relative to the south is lower, colder, shorter frost-free period, is generally an annual crop.

Northeast is China's high corn producing areas, Henan is China's high wheat producing areas, Shaanxi is China's high fruit tree producing areas, here put down not to mention, potato planting is concentrated in Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shandong and Shanxi.

From the point of view of the scale of planting in recent years, Gansu Dingxi 3.6 million acres, Shaanxi Yulin 3.4 million acres, Inner Mongolia Ulanqab 4.1 million acres, is the northern region of China's planting area of the larger counties and cities; from the development of new varieties, Tengzhou, Shandong 300,000 acres, potato cooperatives are doing a better job of the economy of the counties and cities; from the potato tourism economy and meal culture, Lanxian, Shanxi, 350,000 acres, is a very distinctive potato producing areas.

And from the potato planting technology, Inner Mongolia Ulanqab city's technology is the most leading. First, because of its soil for sandy soil, full sunshine, day and night temperature difference; Second, the land is flat, suitable for large-scale planting; Third, the local government for the integration of potato resources is very in place, growers across the country have invested in planting potatoes; Fourth, the transformation of sprinkler and drip irrigation technology is very fast, has become the national potato planting leader.

Insert a good news, once a year the National Potato (Potato) Conference will be held almost every year in Ulanchab City, this year because of the epidemic changed in the online, became a national 2020 potato cloud business conference, will be in the 11th of this month (next Wednesday) opening, we want to participate in the search from the Internet can find the entrance, you can also pay attention to me to ask for my entrance, together with the private letter! Participate in this potato event, will certainly be rewarded.

Dingxi potatoes

Four, are? The home of the potato?

It's interesting to say that, as? The countryside? A crop is only one of the right, but as a potato, there are actually more than one? The National Potato Country? The title of the region, but who have to recognize the title of the people. Down I give you a brief introduction to it.

1, Ningxia Xiji

February 2004 was named? China's potato hometown? The population of only 470,000 people in Xiji County, there are 3.2 million acres of arable land, is a purely agricultural counties, the main agricultural products are potatoes, Xiji County, high altitude, low temperatures, permeable and loose soil, in 2003 was also included in the top ten high-quality non-polluting agricultural products base in Ningxia, is China's early naming of the ? China's potato hometown? of China's potato township. It is mainly able to introduce new seed potatoes for planting and has a considerable number of starch and vermicelli producers.

2, Gansu Dingxi

Dingxi City is recognized as the ? Hometown of Potato in China? The exact year and month is unknown, but it is already well known. Dingxi City is the eastern gate of Gansu, Tongle? Longzhong? , the climate is excellent, the tradition is the production of Chinese medicine village, potato, especially potato starch content is very high, now Dingxi do vermicelli enterprises in the northwest region is the most.

Dingxi potato? Trademark registered in 2008, has now become a national well-known trademark, so Dingxi potato sent to the country more, which is inseparable from the government's guidance.

3, Tengzhou, Shandong

In 2000, Tengzhou, Shandong Province was named by the Ministry of Agriculture as the ? Hometown of Potato in China? Title, mainly due to Tengzhou at that time through the potato technology transformation, became the largest region in the country at that time using detoxified seed potatoes, mu yield 10,000 catties of potatoes is also the earliest from the realization of Tengzhou. There are national potato geographical indications.

Ulanchabu potato drip irrigation technology

4, Inner Mongolia Ulanchab

In 2008 the Ministry of Agriculture approved? Ulanqab potato? as a geographical indication for agricultural products, and in 2009 Ulanqab was awarded the title of "Potato Capital of China" by the China Food Industry Association (CFIA). China's potato capital? The title of the city of Ulanqab.

Ulanchabu City is located in the desert fringe, the middle temperate zone semi-arid continental monsoon climate, cold winters, windy, precipitation is not large, sunshine is sufficient, the soil is mainly sandy, the ancient? Avena, yam (potato), sheepskin jacket? The name, so the potato planting is the main agricultural products, with the national policy tilt of the Inner Mongolia region, Ulanqab City, seize the opportunity, at first constructed a sprinkler irrigation potato planting, and in recent years seized the opportunity to carry out the drip irrigation potato planting, greatly reducing the cost of planting, enhance the quality of potatoes, is now the potato township of the real name of all the attention.

5, Inner Mongolia Wuchuan County

Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia, potato is by its fine packaging publicity and the success of its nemesis one seed potatoes and famous, successively for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Paralympics, 2011 Shanghai World Expo in the supply of potatoes, an instant success. 2015 successfully registered? Wuchuan potatoes? and exported to many domestic provinces.

6, Guizhou Weining

In 2008, the China Food Industry Association Potato Committee awarded Weining? Southern China potato township? The title, which is also China's southern region of the only potato township title area it.

Weining belongs to Bijie City, Guizhou, subtropical monsoon climate, adequate exposure, abundant rainfall, large temperature difference between day and night, good ecological environment, no other special local industry, potato quality, large, Weining potatoes are in the southern region of the much-loved potato products.

From these ? China's potato hometown? To see, I have to say, all have their own characteristics, there are planted for a long time, there are processing-oriented, seed potato cultivation, new technology development, but also to take care of the climatic requirements of the South and the North, I think this is also the potato this agricultural product of a talk about it, and who will be better in the future, we have their own judgement.

Potato processing

V. Potato processing

Potato processing is a relatively large project, now days in Ningxia, Gansu Dingxi West, there are relatively large-scale potato starch factories and vermicelli factories, the processing industry is relatively prosperous. Other areas are relatively decentralized, relatively speaking, China's potato processing industry is still very monotonous, far less than the high level of processing in developed countries, which is related to China's national food habits it.

Without going into detail, we will do a special issue of potato processing analysis.

Lanxian potato tourism economy

Six, potato meals, tourism genus? Lanxian?

Arashi County potato? In 2014 registered successfully geographic location agricultural products, belonging to the potato family of rising stars it. In fact, Lanxian belongs to the northwestern part of Shanxi Province, with the bordering Jingle County, Wuzhai County, Shenchi County, together, for Shanxi's largest potato planting base, the product is very famous in this province. But through the transformation of agricultural production, potato new varieties did not catch up in time, a period of time had been replaced by new cash crops such as cereals.

Lanxian County, however, under the leadership of the county government, planted 200,000 acres of pollution-free potatoes, through the spring, summer and autumn of the potato banquets red throughout the country, while the organization of the potato flower tourism to promote the local economic development, is an unusual path of the potato economic model, it is worthwhile to learn from around the world to emulate.

2019 Enshi National Potato Conference Venue

Seven, Enshi small potatoes why the flowers bloom differently?

The 2019 National Potato Conference was held in Enshi, Hubei Province, Enshi selenium-rich small potatoes on this opened a different path. Because Enshi was originally a rich area of selenium resources in China, it is the ? selenium capital of the world? ,? The world's only proven independent selenium deposits? The area of the world's only proven independent selenium deposits. In Enshi planted potatoes naturally contain selenium, which can Enshi potatoes bring a unique fame.

These two years, Enshi selenium-rich small potatoes through the concept of guiding the sale of independent packaging on the Internet has formed a large scale, while the construction of potato flower ornamental garden to guide the tourism economy, is the same as Shanxi? Lanxian potato? The same capture the personality characteristics triggered by the potato economy pilot areas.

Enshi Potato Flower Ornamental Garden

Here we briefly introduce the distribution of potatoes in China, as well as an overview of the main potato products, but also a brief description of the processing of potatoes, in particular, the two potato economic areas of Shanxi Lanxian and Hubei Enshi. After the potato was designated as the country's four staple foods, the industry has been actively looking for breakthroughs in planting area, acreage, planting technology, extension of the economy and other aspects of the country, for the country, it should be praised. Potato as our people's table food, each good, each love, no matter which one you like, please leave a message to tell it.