Tiaoliangwu Village， Nancaicun Town， Wuqing： Distinctive Fruit and Vegetable Industry Enriches Villagers

In 2020，”Farmers’ Harvest Festival” was held in Tiaoliangwu Village Facility Agriculture Center， Nancaicun Town， Wuqing District

Tiaoliangwu Village， a demonstration village for rural revitalization in Tianjin， is situated along the North Canal on the west side， with abundant water resources and vast cultivated areas． Currently， it boasts a variety of distinctive fruits and vegetables， including mini cucumbers， yellow dragon fruits， hylocereus migalanthus， white strawberries， and flavorful tomatoes．

Tiaoliangwu Village has attracted investment from well－known agricultural technology enterprises for its facility agriculture that covers over 2，000 mu， and the farmers’ cooperative conducts unified management， standardized planting and brand sales for it， with an annual output of nearly 15，000 tons of various fruits and vegetables and an annual output value of over 60 million yuan． By land transfer and other means， the village collective has created an operational income of about 600，000 yuan and per capita disposable income of about 30，000 yuan．

Liu Tianmin （Right） and A Villager of Tiaoliangwu Village Observe the Growth of Crops

Specialized Cultivation Makes Vegetables Equivalent to Fruits in Price

Liu Tianmin， a villager who had done business outside for many years， returned to the village to engage in vegetable cultivation． He established Tianmin Vegetable and Fruit Specialized Cooperative and enrolled 155 households of villagers as its members for large－scale cultivation through the active transfer of the farming land in the village． After seeing the great development of Liu Tianmin’s cooperative， villagers elected him to be the director of the village committee and village secretary． Nowadays， nearly 90％ of the village’s farming land has been transferred， with 1，000 mu of cultivated land transferred to Tianmin Vegetable and Fruit Specialized Cooperative．

row in the Intelligent Greenhouse of Tianmin Cooperative

”The greenhouses are equipped with fresh air， air conditioning and intelligent irrigation systems， which automatically irrigate vegetables according to their needs． High－end varieties， such as stereoscopic hydroponic leeks， celery， experimental fruits and vegetables， grow in the intelligent glass greenhouses．” LIU Tianmin introduced his intelligent glass greenhouses of 5，000 square meters． Furthermore， in the vegetable plantation covering an area of 1，000 mu， there are also second－generation energy－saving greenhouses of 500 mu and multi－span cold houses of 70 mu， with an annual output of 7，500 tons of various vegetables and fruits． With the help of advanced technology， the cooperative has intercropped bitter melons with tomatoes and watermelons with sugarcane through water and fertilizer stereoscopic cultivation， intercropping， staggered cultivation and other patterns．

Meixiu Mini Watermelons Grow in the Cooperative

During the”National Day” period in 2022， Heima sugarcane and Meixiu watermelons intercropped by the grower Wang Guiling cropped well together， with an income of over 100，000 yuan per mu． The cooperative’s agricultural products had also gained market recognition． As a result， hydroponic butter lettuces， Moyu mini muskmelons and other products had been booked up early by customers in Beijing． In particular， the”Xiaoque Dengzhi” taste tomato， cultivated in cooperation between the cooperative and Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences， has become a sub－brand of premium agricultural products promoted by the Wuqing District Agricultural Committee．

Multiple Varieties of Taste Tomatoes Grown by Tianmin Vegetable and Fruit Specialized Cooperative

High－end Facility Agriculture Graces the Branded Fruits and Vegetables

China－renowned fruit and vegetable varieties， such as cucumbers and muskmelons from Tianjin Academy of Agriculture Sciences， are grown in the Tianmin Cooperative for demonstration， which is common for the cooperative．

LIiu Tianmin （middle） and Villagers Observe the Growth of Crops

It happened that Dayu Irrigation Group Co．， Ltd．， a China－renowned intelligent agricultural enterprise， came to Tianjin to design a unified intelligent irrigation system for the plantation． Cultivation containers are neatly arranged on stereoscopic shelves， with small nozzles”watering” the plants’ roots． Zhao Haibo， a worker of Tiaoliangwu Village， said，”Irrigation facilities can improve the utilization rate of water resources and achieve’customized’ irrigation modes． In traditional broad irrigation， a lot of water is evaporated， so little water is actually used by crops． The plants’ roots can directly absorb water and fertilizer in this way．” Through intelligent management， only 150 villagers can manage 600 intelligent greenhouses in the intelligent plantation of Dayu Irrigation Group Co．， Ltd． At present， over 10 excellent varieties of fruits and vegetables are grown in the intelligent greenhouses of over 1，000 mu．

With increases in the varieties of fruits and vegetables， Tiaoliangwu Village started to consider the integrative development of agriculture， culture and tourism， so a core experience area of 300 mu had been opened in the plantation for picking， team building， research and learning． Not long ago， the”leading wild gooses” trained for the revitalization of Hebei rural industries also specially came to Tiaoliangwu Village for the”three products and one indication” learning of vegetable production． Now， due to the integration of production demonstration， science popularization education， practical training， leisure sightseeing and other functions， the village’s plantation has become an important place for the development of modern urban agriculture in Tianjin．

（作者／王錦錕、潘攀 來源單位／天津農業農村委員會 翻譯／沈毅）