Zhongping Scallions

Zhongping Scallions

　　Zhongping Village in Xiangzhou Town, Tiandong County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, lies in the heart of the Youjiang River Valley on the southern bank of the Youjiang River. Since the 1990s, local farmers have been growing scallions, earning the village the title of "Guangxi’s No. 1 Scallion Village."

　　In November 2003, the village took full advantage of Tiandong County being designated as one of the second batch of national demonstration counties for creating pollution-free agricultural product production bases, and established the Zhongping Village Pollution-Free Vegetable Association.

　　In 2004, Guangdong Four-Season Scallions were introduced, and the scale of scallion cultivation continued to expand. To further grow and strengthen the scallion industry, the village formed a Scallion Farmers' Professional Cooperative, registered a scallion brand trademark, and implemented unified planning, unified variety selection, unified technology, unified branding, and unified sales for the scallion industry. This greatly enhanced the market competitiveness and share of scallions, further advancing the industrialization of the scallion sector. Last year, the planting area exceeded 4,000 mu (including double-cropping), with over a dozen varieties. The scallions are sold both within and outside the region, with a daily sales volume of about 10 tons and an annual output value of more than 15.3 million yuan. From scallions alone, the per capita annual net income of farmers exceeds 4,000 yuan.