Mingxi Cassava

Mingxi Cassava

　　Mingxi cassava is a specialty of Mingxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province. The cassava industrialization project is a key development initiative in Mingxi County. The county has become one of the major cassava-producing regions in Fujian Province.

　　Mingxi County cultivates 31,000 mu of cassava, generating an output value of 40.3 million yuan. Sanming Bestar Starch Co., Ltd. achieves a processing output value of 140.3 million yuan and a profit of 19.39 million yuan. The Maosheng Cassava Professional Cooperative has been recognized as a Provincial Model Farmers' Professional Cooperative for the year 2011 by the Fujian Provincial Department of Agriculture, Finance, Forestry, and Ocean and Fisheries. The Chengguan Township Cassava Standardized Production Demonstration Garden has been designated as one of the second batch of National Agricultural Ministry Tropical Crop Standardized Production Demonstration Gardens by the National Ministry of Agriculture. Over 20 new cassava varieties have been introduced, among which the newly observed variety “Huannan No. 11” stands out due to its high germination rate, high yield and starch content, and strong resistance. This follows the large-scale cultivation of the improved variety “Huannan No. 205” and marks another significant cassava variety being cultivated on a large scale in Mingxi County.