Gaoya Western Melon [Ningxia Haiyuan Specialty]

What is Gaoya sweet melon? Authentic Ningxia Haiyuan specialty: Gaoya sweet melon

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Basic introduction of Gaoya sweet melon

Caochang Village, Gaoya Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is located in the northern mountainous area at the border of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. It has 1588 people, 5.6 acres of arable land per capita, and an average annual precipitation of 300 millimeters. The climate here is humid, the forests are dense, there are a variety of wildlife species, and the environment is beautiful. The planting of sweet melons in Caochang Village has a history of nearly a hundred years. Local farmers have adjusted their industrial structure based on the "Regional Layout Plan for Advantageous Agricultural Products" and "Regional Plan for Characteristic Agricultural Products", relying on local resource advantages, and established sweet melons as the leading industry in the township

Since 1998, Caochang Village has introduced the technique of arch greenhouse cultivation of sweet melons. In 2003, it received support from the demonstration project of dryland agriculture, and the area of arch greenhouse cultivation has been expanding year by year. Since 2010, the Party Committee and Government of the autonomous region have decided to build a Gaoya Township autonomous region level dryland water-saving and high-efficiency agricultural demonstration base with Caochang Village as the core, and to construct 12000 acres of sand compaction facilities for sweet melons