Artificial Planting Of Cistanche Has Achieved Economic, Social And Ecological Benefits
Mar 04, 2022
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Economic benefits of artificially planting Cistanche
The development of the Cistanche industry will help the Taklimakan Desert to continue targeted poverty alleviation. At present, Chengdu Wecistanche Bio-Tech Co., Ltd has mutually assisted the acquisition of 500,000 acres of Cistanche planting bases, involving 7 counties and 91 townships in Hetian, Xinjiang, China, and has helped 130,000 people get rid of poverty; in the next 5-10 years, it plans to plant 1 million acres of red willow for the benefit of more Farmers, make full use of the vast Takala Makan Desert in Hetian, Xinjiang, develops new desert areas, level the desert to plant tamarisk and benefit 66,700 farmers based on 15 mu per household. The annual output of Cistanche is more than 200kg per mu. The household income is 24,000 yuan, and each household is calculated based on an average of 4 people, and 266,800 people can get rid of poverty and become rich.
The ecological benefits of artificially planting Cistanche
The planting of Cistanche will surely drive the expansion of the red willow planting area in Hotan. Red willow can effectively prevent land desertification and is a characteristic project supported by government policies. Chengdu Wecistanche Bio-Tech Co., Ltd was awarded the Advanced Enterprise in China's Desert Control Industry.
In 2006, the United Nations Development Program invested US$600,000 and the government’s matching funds of US$1.5 million to plant 9,000 mu of Cistanche in the three counties of Pishan and Hetian Luopu in the Hetian area on the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, covering 1,000 farmers.
The social benefits of the industrial plantation of Cistanche
The large-scale planting of red willow and the development of the Cistanche industry not only played an important role in improving the natural environment and preventing wind and sand control, but also became a way for farmers to become rich, allowing local farmers to realize their dream of "giving gold in the sand", effectively promoting National harmony and border stability, promote targeted poverty alleviation in Xinjiang, promote local economic ecology, increase the vitality of local enterprises, and promote local economic prosperity.
The development of Cistanche has achieved tremendous ecological, economic, and social benefits; it has also set a model for the protection of rare and endangered wild species.
