Ninghua Job's Tears

Ninghua Job's Tears

Ninghua Job's Tears are a protected geographical indication product.

　　Ninghua Job's Tears are known for their soft, sticky, fragrant, delicate, smooth texture and fragrant, sweet taste after cooking.

　　Located in the hilly and mountainous region of the Wuyi Mountain Range, Ninghua benefits from a natural environment of forested vegetation that provides favorable growing conditions for crop cultivation and the production of local specialty agricultural products.

　　Ninghua Job's Tears are a type of glutinous grain variety. The grain, also known as coix seed or Job's Tears, is an ancient cultivated crop in China with a long history of planting in Ninghua. Records of coix seeds can be found in the Ming Chongzhen edition of the "Ninghua County Annals." In ancient times, locals in Ninghua referred to it as "Mitu Su." Ninghua Job's Tears are soft and sticky after cooking, with a fragrant, delicate, smooth texture and a pleasant, sweet aroma. The county plants 300–600 hectares of Job's Tears annually, yielding a total output of 700–1,400 tons and generating an annual output value of 10–20 million yuan.

　　To promote the cultivation of Job's Tears, Ninghua County has introduced six new varieties from Taiwan and other parts of the province, and has established over 1,000 acres of experimental demonstration bases for variety certification and high-yield cultivation in three towns: Zhongsha, Caofang, and Huaotu.

　　Ninghua Job's Tears (Ninghua Glutinous Job's Tears)

　　 The current administrative region under the jurisdiction of Ninghua County, Fujian Province

　　 "Request from the People’s Government of Ninghua County on Defining the Protected Production Area for the Geographical Indication Product – Ninghua Job's Tears (Ninghua Glutinous Job's Tears)," Ningzheng Wen [2013] No. 127

　　 Ninghua County Agricultural Standard: SNH/T003~4-2012 "Ninghua Job's Tears"