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The origin of melon wilt belongs to Wanghe Town, Qianshan City. In 2021, the characteristic industry of Wanghe Town was selected into the list of national agricultural industry strong towns. At that time, Wang Chuanwen, Zheng Manfa and other founders of melon wilt planting, after years of development and exploration, established the development model of "enterprise + cooperative + base + farmer", which led to the great development of the hidden melon wilt industry.
Zheng Manfa is a legal person of Qianshan Jinfu Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., the company is located in the industrial gathering area of Wanghe Town, the main melon wilting planting and processing, in addition to the Wanghe own base, through the provision of seedlings, technical guidance, product recycling, etc., driving 36,000 mu of melon planting inside and outside the province, involving more than 1,000 growers, the company produces more than 1,400 tons of melon seeds every year, and achieves sales of more than 7,000 yuan.
In 2018, through cooperation with scientific research institutes, after a large number of experiments, the initial use of melon seeds as raw materials for small-scale production of melon seeds to develop new products such as melon seed mooncakes and tribute cakes, and achieved success.
In July 2022, melon seeds were included in the national new food raw material catalog, which is great news for Zheng Manfa, his wish for many years can finally come true, last year he invested a total of 13 million yuan, in Qingfeng Village, Wanghe Town, built a new plant, cold storage, exhibition hall, and purchased new equipment, quickly built a large-scale food production line using melon seeds as raw materials, and successively successfully developed new products such as melon seeds, melon oil, and various pastries, seizing market opportunities.
Through the development of new products, the extension of the industrial chain, and the transformation from simple processing of melon seeds to comprehensive development, the comprehensive benefit of melon wilt has been increased by at least 15%, which has played a greater traction role in promoting the local melon wilt industry to become bigger and stronger.