On June 21, the Hainan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced the list of provincial modern agricultural high-quality development industrial parks in 2024. Among them, the provincial modern agricultural high-quality development industrial park (pomelo and pineapple industry) in Lingao County was selected.
At present, a total of 21,000 acres of pomelo are planted in Lingao, accounting for about 70% of the pomelo planting area in the province, and the planting scale is the first in the province, mainly concentrated in Bolian, Nanbao and other towns. There are as many as 30 pomelo bases in the county, of which 12 are more than 500 acres. The main varieties of pomelo are grapefruit, three red pomelo, crystal pomelo, Thai ruby, etc., and the largest variety is three red pomelo. In 2023, the county's pomelo output will be 34,400 tons, with an output value of 300 million yuan. Pineapple is a characteristic agricultural industry in Lingao, mainly through the "farmer cooperatives +" and other industrial models, the development of pineapple area of 36,000 mu, the output of about 43,500 tons, the output value of more than 250 million yuan. Among them, the pineapple planting base of Tiandiren Group covers an area of more than 18,000 mu, and has become the largest pineapple planting base in the country.
In recent years, Lingao has developed and cultivated 59 new agricultural business entities, and promoted the establishment of pomelo associations and pineapple industry alliances through innovating the industrial project cooperation model of "leading enterprises + village collectives + cooperatives + rural revitalization industry funds", guiding and supporting the development of pomelo and pineapple planting enterprises, driving linkage villages and farmers to participate in industrial development, and benefiting more than 60,000 farmers from industrial associations, effectively driving local villages to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and achieve the goal of stable poverty alleviation and prosperity.
According to reports, the creation scope of the provincial-level modern agricultural high-quality development industrial park in Lingao County mainly includes Lincheng, Bolian, Nanbao and other areas, with an area of about 120,000 mu. The park will actively build a development pattern of the whole industrial chain with deep integration of production, processing, logistics, R&D, demonstration and service, promote the development of regional grapefruit, pineapple and other tropical fruit industries to standardization, scale, branding, digitalization and ecology, and strive to build the park into a model area for modern agricultural development in northern Qiongbei, a platform carrier leading the revitalization of rural industries and an "engine" for agricultural modernization. (Chen Jianfeng)