Nanjian Walnuts

Nanjian Walnuts

　　Nanjian walnuts are a specialty of Nanjian County in Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Nanjian County is a key base county for Yunnan’s cracked walnuts, with a long history of walnut cultivation and vast suitable planting areas.

　　Nanjian is a typical mountainous agricultural county, with mountainous areas covering 99.3% of its land. It boasts abundant mountain resources and distinct vertical climate zones, making it a prime suitable region for cracked walnut development. Over the years, successive county party committees and governments have tailored their strategies to the mountainous conditions, adhering to the philosophy of “industrializing ecological development and ecologizing industrial growth.” They have followed the policy of “rational layout, scaled advancement, standardized planting, and scientific management,” cultivating walnuts as a pillar industry and a “green bank” for farmers to escape poverty and achieve prosperity. Currently, all 8 townships, 80 village committees, 84% of villager groups, and over 88% of households in Nanjian County grow walnuts. The total planting area has reached 691,300 mu, with 173,000 mu of productive walnut orchards. There are 62 walnut processing households and 12 walnut production associations. Nanjian County has been listed among Yunnan Province’s 20 base counties with over 500,000 mu of cracked walnut plantations. Gonglang Town and Wuliangshan Town have been recognized as star walnut-growing towns in Dali Prefecture.