Bumper Yam Harvest: Farmers Busy Harvesting in Lijialou Village, Jinghai District, Tianjin

It is currently yam harvest season, and in the yam planting base of Lijialou Village, Liangwangzhuang Township, Jinghai District, Tianjin, a bustling scene is everywhere. Villagers are busy swinging hoes and shoveling soil in their own yam fields, harvesting yams. Looking at the “sturdy and robust” yams one after another, the villagers are grinning from ear to ear with joy. Villager Sun Yushu said with delight: “The yam market price is good this year. Calculated at the current price of 8 yuan per kilogram, each mu of land can yield a net income of around twenty thousand yuan. This really is a bumper harvest!”

In recent years, Liangwangzhuang Township has centered on the overall agricultural development of the whole district, taking the development of specialty agriculture as an important way to increase agricultural efficiency and farmers' income, and earnestly carrying it out. Drawing on Lijialou Village's century-old history of yam cultivation, it has actively taken measures to make this specialty agriculture bigger and stronger. Through training classes, on-site guidance, and other means, it has provided support and guidance to further raise the enthusiasm of the villagers for planting. At present, the village has developed 120 mu of yam cultivation, involving every household. It is reported that yams have various medicinal effects, including strengthening the spleen and benefiting the kidneys, lowering blood sugar, and removing dampness. Because the village's soil and water are suitable and management is proper, the yams produced have a good taste and store well, are deeply welcomed by consumers, and sell well in both Beijing and Tianjin. This single item alone has doubled farmers' income.