In the autumn season, good news came from Xixiaozhuang Village, Danang Town, Wuqing District. The village introduced black sweet potatoes, black sesame seeds, black glutinous corn and a series of black health-care agricultural products. At present, these black agricultural products have been formally put into a number of specialty stores in Beijing and Tianjin, enriching citizens' dining tables.
It is understood that the black agricultural products such as black sweet potato, black sesame and black glutinous corn are imported from the United States, Japan, and domestic research institutes in 2002. After the breeding and cultivation in the past five years, it has finally been cultivated. Locally grown "Vulture specialties" new varieties. These black series of agricultural products are rich in anthocyanins beneficial to human body, can improve the human circulatory system, improve skin smoothness, eliminate free radicals in the human body, improve human immunity, have antioxidant, lower blood pressure and other effects, has a very broad market Prospects, prices are more than 60% higher than ordinary similar agricultural products, average income per mu can reach 5,000 yuan.
The successful completion of the trial plantation, coupled with higher economic returns, this year, the village has a total of more than 440 households planting black series of agricultural products, planting an area of ​​3369 acres, all reached the pollution-free cultivation standards. Among them, black sweet potato also obtained the national green food certification.
Right now, with the maturation of specialty agricultural products, the village has received orders from merchants from several provinces and cities including Beijing, Tianjin and Shandong, and there has been a gratifying situation in which demand exceeds supply. The majority of farmers have obtained high economic returns.