Small chili peppers sell for 60 yuan per jin, and farmers growing them really reap gold in every single berry

Farmers growing chili peppers is the most ordinary thing; whether as a vegetable for the family to eat or as a main cash crop, chili peppers are basically grown all over the country, especially in Hunan, Sichuan and other places. But as for this kind of "small chili pepper" in the photo, perhaps many friends have never seen it, yet its name should be very familiar to everyone - goji berry (Lycium barbarum). A farmer in Ningxia, Ajang, grows goji berries, 60 yuan per jin, earning over a hundred thousand yuan a year.

Speaking of goji berries, most of us may have only seen the dried ones in markets or supermarkets, and people often buy them to make soup or steep in liquor, as they have very good health benefits and are a food approved by the national Ministry of Health for both medicinal and culinary use. Using goji berries not only boosts the human immune system, but also has anti-aging, anti-fatigue and anti-tumor effects. As the value of goji berries gradually becomes known, they are becoming more and more popular.

Uncle Ajang is over fifty this year, and can be said to be an old hand at growing goji berries in the village. He began making a living from growing goji berries in his thirties. Over all these years, although there are more and more growers and the planting area is getting larger and larger, as more and more friends accept the food value of goji berries, market demand has soared and prices rise year after year. Quality goji berries cost at least 60 yuan per jin.

Uncle Ajang did a little economic calculation for us: goji berry plants over three years old enter their full production period, with an average yield of around 500 jin per mu. Of course, not all of it is top quality, but an average price of 30 yuan per jin is still achievable, so the output value of one mu is 15000 yuan. After deducting the corresponding costs, one mu of land can earn at least ten thousand yuan, and Ajang's pure income from growing goji berries can reach over a hundred thousand yuan each year. Ajang also told us that eating goji berries fresh is even better.