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Macadamia nuts become profitable in Lincang Rice-crayfish coculture

临沧：澳洲坚果成助农致富大产业 increases rural income in
Just after the Spring Festival, Shiping
the macadamia nut trees have 云南石屏：“稻虾共养”点亮乡村振兴路
entered the flowering period, and
Li Tianhong, the planter, is busy Along the roadside in Dimo village of Shiping county
with weeding, fertilizing, pest con- in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture of Yunnan,
trolling, and other tasks. villagers are scooping up crayfish from the rice fields with
“Last year, we harvested 30 tons wire cages and then putting them into baskets.
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of fresh macadamia nuts, with sales “My family owns 16 mu (about 10666.67 m ) of rice
revenue exceeding 900,000 yuan.” fields, where we raise crayfish, too. We can earn an aver-
With several consecutive years of age of 6,000 yuan per mu,” said Li Fenglin, a farmer in
bumper harvests, Li Tianhong keeps Dimo village who has just embraced the bumper harvest
working hard. of the two agro-products.
43-year-old Li brought several growers in Lincang city of also become an important part of At present, the village raises crayfish in a rice-crayfish
nut trees from nearby counties years southwest Yunnan province. Yunnan’s plateau agriculture, boost- coculture mode covering more than 400 mu. They use a
ago. After 11 years of cultivation, the When Lincang listed macadamia ing farmers’ income and prosperity. high-protein ecological feeding method of soybean cake
planting scale has now reached nearly nuts as a key afforestation tree Statistic shows that macadamia is plus corn and crayfish feed.
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60 mu (about 40,000 m ). The hills in species and began large-scale planted in 739 administrative vil- It takes less than three months for each crayfish to
front and behind his house are dense- planting since 2002, the devel- lages (communities) in Lincang, grow from seedlings to mature ones, and the harvest
ly planted with macadamia nut trees, opment of the industry reached involving 216,400 households and season lasts from July of the current year to April of the
which not only conserve soil and wa- its peak. 744,500 people. following year. The output value of crayfish per mu can
ter, beautify the environment but also By the end of 2023, the planting In 2023, Lincang’s production reach over 3.1 million yuan.
create economic value. area of macadamia nuts in Lincang of shelled macadamia nuts reached Rice-crayfish coculture is a win-win mode for both
Over the years, the nuts he reached 2.6277 million mu (about 96,500 tons, with a comprehensive rice plantation and crayfish raising. Pests and microorgan-
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grows earn him houses and cars. 1751.8km ), ranking first in the output value of 5.939 billion yuan, isms in the rice fields provide food for the growth and de-
So, he decided to focus on planting country in terms of planting area, and an average income of 3,346 velopment of crayfish, while the excrement produced by
without doing other jobs. output, and output value. yuan per planting household. (Yun- crayfish provides fertilizer for rice growth. crayfish also
Li is one of the successful The macadamia nut industry has nan Gateway) capture pests and their eggs in the rice fields, reducing
diseases and pests for rice growth.
By selecting suitable varieties for integrated farming,
the coculture mode can effectively achieve benefits such
Dai banquet of wild herbs impresses tourists as dual use of water, double harvest in one field, stable
grain production, and win-win situation for grain and
傣家百草宴：回味无穷的“舌尖记忆”
crayfish, further reducing agricultural non-point source
During the Spring Festival, pollution. (Yunnan Gateway)
The Dai banquet of wild herbs in
Jingmai village of Huimin town
in Lancang county, received many
praises from tourists. Some 60,000 gather in
The banquet is made of a variety
of edible wild vegetables. Villagers Jinning for folk tunes during
go to the fields to pick them such as festival
fish mint, water parsley, tree toma- 数万名观众春节齐聚晋宁闹春调子会
toes, lemongrass, ferns, and clean
them. Then, they are mixed with
seasonings such as fermented soy-
beans, salt, and MSG (monosodium This banquet will be severed mountains and experience the
glutamate), and served either cold whenever guests arrive, with each unique ethnic charm. The many
or boiled. Of course, they can also table jointly completed by six local dishes and refreshing flavors
be dipped in the secret sauce made families of villagers. Visitors only leave tourists with unforgettable
by the Dai people and eaten raw, need to pay 40 yuan per person taste in memories. (Yunnan Gate-
presenting a unique flavor. to taste the natural flavors of the way)

Some 60,000 residents and tourists flocked to central
Sticky rice cake in Dehong Yunnan’s Jinning district for a folk-tune singing competi-

德宏特色小吃“冰淇淋粑粑” tion from February 24 to 25, during the traditional Lantern
Festival.
Many ethnic groups, such as the banana leaves resembles an ice Sung in the fields during or after work, the Jinning folk
Dai, Jinpo, Achang, De’ang and cream cone, with a delicate, chewy song was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage
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Lisu, live in west Yunnan Dehong and sticky texture. Making soft rice in 2013, and this year’s singing event, the 23 of its kind,
Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefec- cakes requires several steps, includ- invited in hundreds of contestants from Yunnan, Sichuan,
ture, and various delicious snacks ing cleaning banana leaves, boiling Guizhou and other places in southwest China.
can be found in local wet markets. water, grinding rice into paste, sim- The singing event featured a special dragon dance,
Among them, sticky rice cake is mering and cooking red sugar syrup, where patterns of the Chinese loong are put on wooden
very popular. and steaming rice paste. (Yunnan and three-legged benches. It was followed by group danc-
The soft rice cake wrapped in Gateway) es and tasty dishes. (Yunnan Gateway)