Guannan shallow-water lotus root

Guannan shallow-water lotus root

　　Guannan shallow-water lotus root is a specialty of Guannan County, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province. The variety is of high quality — its thick stems, tender flesh, crisp sweetness, and snow-white color make it beloved by many. Guannan County is known as the "hometown of shallow-water lotus root."

　　The standardized demonstration area for green food shallow-water lotus root in Guannan County has been approved by the National Standards Committee as a national-level sixth batch agricultural standardization demonstration area. The organic lotus root brand "Ruilian," produced by Lianyungang Ruilian Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., has successively obtained JAS (Japan) organic certification and NOP (U.S.) organic certification, and the product has been exported to the Japanese and American markets.

　　Currently, the standardized demonstration area for green food shallow-water lotus root in Guannan County covers an area of 20,000 mu, involving 4,000 demonstration farming households. In 2010, the yield reached 1,855 kilograms per mu, with all products meeting the quality standards for green and organic agricultural goods.