"Fresh storage + logistics" double guarantee, fresh fruits are served to consumers' tables
Reporter Gazila Nisbek On the morning of September 4, in the grape fields of the Karaaoyi community in the Mohur area of Horgos City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, grapes full of fruit hung on the branches. Farmers and volunteers in the area are busy picking them into boxes, packaging them, and transporting them to the fresh-keeping warehouse. Farmers in the Mohur area of Horgos City are packing the grapes picked in the season. Photo courtesy of Zhai Qiuping "Although we are picking grapes in a large area, we are not worried that the fruit of a hard year will rot in the ground because of the fresh-keeping warehouse and the export logistics channel guaranteed by the government." Mohu, Horgos City, Ili Prefecture Yang Xia, a farmer in the Karaaoyi community in the Er area, said with a smile. The forest and fruit area in the Mohul area reaches more than 30,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 30,000 tons of various fruits such as pan peach, new plum, apricot, and apple. It is the main forest fruit producing area in Horgos City. Yang Xia planted 30 acres of new plums and grapes. In addition to this, she has ordered more than 1,000 tons of grapes with more than 20 growers. "A few years ago, I built 3 fresh-keeping warehouses in my yard, and cooperated with buyers from other places to help farmers sell fruits. Every year, the orders are getting bigger and bigger." Yang Xia said, "Now we export more than 40 tons per day. , more than 100 tons have been sold, and more than 30 tons have been stored in the fresh-keeping warehouse." Volunteers in the Mohur area of Horgos City are helping farmers pick grapes. Photo courtesy of Zhai Qiuping In the past five years, Horgos City has built 10 fresh-keeping warehouses in the Mohur area in order to solve the problems of difficult storage of local seasonal fruits and vegetables and lack of price advantages. At the same time, subsidies are given to some large growers and cooperatives who take the lead in building their own fresh-keeping warehouses and drying rooms. The Qinjiang Forest and Fruit Farmers Professional Cooperative in Horgos City, established in 2017, has more than 2,000 mu of woodland, and has planted peach, nectarine, new plum, plum and other fruits. In that year, the cooperative built 3 fresh-keeping warehouses and 3 drying rooms, with a total cost of 495,000 yuan. Horgos City Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau subsidized 180,000 yuan for it. Farmers in the Mohur area of Horgos City transport grapes to the fresh-keeping warehouse. Photo courtesy of Zhai Qiuping "With the fresh-keeping warehouse, our high-quality fruit can be stored. Whether we want to focus on exporting in the season or sell off-peak, the price of fruit has become more advantageous. In recent years, our own Six more fresh-keeping warehouses have been built." Zhu Shiquan, president of the Qinjiang Forest Fruit Farmers Professional Cooperative in Horgos City, said, "We are drying the secondary fruits of new plums and apricots, and we will sell them in autumn, and the prices will be higher. Good." The fresh-keeping warehouse has opened up the "last mile" of the cold chain distribution of fresh agricultural and sideline products in Horgos City, increasing the bargaining power of farmers and the industry's ability to resist risks. After seeing the demonstration effect, many farmers like Yang Xia began to build fresh-keeping warehouses by themselves to increase their income. Up to now, Horgos City has built 79 fresh-keeping warehouses with a storage capacity of more than 19,000 tons, providing basic support for the local construction of advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters with reasonable structure, complete chain and complementary functions.