There is such a tropical fruit, the mainland can not completely grow independently, can only be imported to meet the domestic market every year, and the import funds have even exceeded the number of tens of billions, and this fruit is durian.
Durian, a fruit whose taste and texture are indescribable, many people have a rejection attitude towards durian because of this, but durian in addition to that taste, the unique sweetness, but also let countless people are willing to pay for it.
The emergence of new desserts such as durian mille-feuille, durian banja, durian cheese, and durian ice cream has made a group of dessert lovers begin to look at durian with some "surprise".
In addition, durian, with its title of "King of Fruits", has also successfully broken the age limit, and both the middle-aged and elderly people in the mainland and the adolescent generation are very fond of durian and its derivative desserts.
Such a wide audience, in turn, has led to a growing demand for durian in China, even to an alarming extent.
How amazing is China's demand for durian?
According to fruit import data, the vast majority of durian in the mainland comes from Thailand imports, such as the "golden pillow durian" in the mouth of a group of durian enthusiasts, which is the main product of Thailand.
But what everyone does not understand is that Thailand's durian actually officially entered the country in 2017, that is, in the first few years of the outbreak, no earlier than the import of agricultural products such as jackfruit and bananas.
But as the old saying goes:
"Good food is not afraid of late."
This sentence is simply the best interpretation of Thai durian imports, because since entering China in 2017, just a few years later, in 2021, durian has replaced apples as the largest fruit imported by China.
To use the data to show that it is from 224,400 tons of imports in 2017 to 821,500 tons in 2021, completing several times the leap.
What is even more exaggerated is that with the export of durian to China, Thailand has fed nearly 80% of the country's durian farmers.
According to data from the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, the export volume of fresh durian in Thailand in 2021 was 3.489 billion US dollars, of which 3.139 billion US dollars were exported to China, accounting for 89.39%.
This data also shows from the opposite direction that the mainland's durian imports are quite high.
Because if you add the import value of durian from other countries and convert it into RMB, then the annual cost of durian imports on the mainland is a staggering 28 billion yuan.
For example, since 2016, Malaysia's total exports of durian have increased by 107% to about RM74.8 million (116 million yuan).
In addition, according to the current growth rate estimates, around 2023, Malaysia's durian exports will even "double" compared with 2016, contributing a lot of tax revenue to Malaysia itself.
Moreover, the vast majority of these durians are sold to China, Hong Kong, and it can be said that China is the largest exporter of durian in Malaysia.
Coincidentally, after four years of negotiations, Vietnamese durian will also enter the Chinese market from this year, at which time, Vietnam is bound to share another "piece of the pie", and in this way, activate the durian planting tide in Vietnam and let Vietnamese agriculture enter a new era.
Such a high-yield market vitality makes many Chinese people can't help but ask:
"With such a large consumer market, why don't we grow durian ourselves?"
Why doesn't China grow its own durian?
This problem is the voice of countless durian lovers, after all, the current durian price is indeed a bit high, and everyone hopes that they can eat domestic durian at a lower price.
However, the non-production of durian is actually an embarrassment to many farmers on the mainland and even to the geological conditions.
Because, as early as the 1960s, the mainland had tried to cultivate durian.
But the beginning of such fanfare ushered in a lonely end-------- the fruit of the entire durian base did not exceed double digits.
It is also after this failure that we really realize that durian, which seems to be rough, is actually quite delicate in terms of growth.
The first is that the growth environment is extremely high, durian as a tropical fruit, its need for growth environment also needs to be strictly controlled in the "tropical grade".
For example, the best temperature for durian growth is 25-30 ° C, which does not sound difficult, after all, many cities on the mainland can reach it in summer.
But to maintain this temperature all year round, it is simply rare, and even the southern region can only be considered.
Moreover, durian is extremely sensitive to the perception of temperature, once the temperature is below 22 ° C, the durian tree will immediately stop growing, if it is lower than 15 ° C, the durian tree is very likely to freeze to death directly, so that all efforts are in vain.
In addition to the high temperature requirements, the sowing of durian is also extremely difficult, because the activity of durian seeds is extremely low, which makes it necessary for the seed to be sown within seven days, otherwise, once the seed loses its activity, it will never germinate.
But even if the sowing is completed, it also ensures its year-round growth environment, which does not mean that it can definitely eat durian.
The main problem is that the growth cycle of durian is extremely long, according to the current experience of planting in Thailand, after the germination of a durian tree, it takes 2-3 years to grow before flowering, during which it not only needs fine temperature control, but also timely deworming of the durian tree, which is very troublesome.
What is even more shocking is that the flowering of durian trees takes 7-8 years before the durian tree can bear fruit.
Note that the word used here is "probable", because pests, temperatures, soil moisture, any mistake in any of these can cause the durian tree to not bear fruit.
At the same time, the fruit of the durian tree is getting sweeter and sweeter, which means that the sweetness of the durian that has just produced fruit is impossible to compete with the old tree durian.
Therefore, if the domestic durian can be comparable to the Thai durian, it will take at least fifteen years to cultivate the durian tree, which means that an area needs to maintain stable sunshine and precipitation for decades.
This condition may not be difficult for Southeast Asia, but for a country like ours with fewer tropical regions, it is really difficult to ascend to the sky, which makes the listing of the cutscene durian far away.
Write at the end (summary)
From this point of view, the use of traditional methods to grow durian is obviously not feasible on the mainland.
In this case, we must consider whether we can create a tropical greenhouse suitable for durian growth through agricultural technology, or whether we can directly improve the durian variety and develop a durian variety that is exclusive to the Chinese environment.
Just like Academician Wu Mingzhu, the "grandmother of melons", he has created countless melon seeds for the exclusive use of Chinese geology, enabling the people of the mainland to achieve "melon freedom" and arousing the envy of many countries in East Asia.
Therefore, if the mainland wants to realize "durian freedom" again, it must rely on countless agricultural experts in China, hoping that they can break through this difficulty as soon as possible.
Author: Yachen Proofreader: Plum