Turtle is our daily life, often see amphibians, you do not look at its appearance is simple and cute, in fact, the turtle has a very high medicinal value, according to some records of traditional Chinese medicine, turtle board for the human body has a nourishing effect, is a high-end Chinese herbal medicine, and by the turtle board and other medicinal materials boiled into the turtle cream, with heat detoxification, beauty and other effects, deeply loved by young people nowadays.
Turtle plate
Turtle balm
With the increasing demand for the medicinal and edible use of turtles, the development of freshwater turtle farming has sprung up like mushrooms. Speaking of freshwater turtle farming, we have to mention our Guangdong Maoming, where is known as "China's freshwater turtle town", "China's first turtle town", freshwater turtle industry in the country can be described as second to none, according to the relevant association incomplete statistics, Maoming city freshwater turtle farmers about 21,000 households, the production of commercial freshwater turtles about five million, the annual output value of more than 1 billion.
Maoming, Guangdong
It is understood that Maoming's freshwater turtle industry, originated in the electric white Shalang town, in the eighties of the last century, every household in Shalang Town used their own rooftop to breed freshwater turtles, through years of development, many farmers thus got rid of poverty, out of a road to get rich, they used the money earned by raising turtles, built their own courtyard mansions, and many people also drove luxury cars.
The town of Sarang
Turtle pond
Yellow-throated water turtle (stone money)
In recent years, people have become popular to keep pet turtles, because turtles have a mild character and are not as cumbersome as other pets, which is a boon for lazy people (laughs). In Maoming, there are many varieties of pet turtles, and sales account for a very large proportion of the freshwater turtle industry, through the rapid development of logistics and express delivery, so that the pet turtle market is broader.
In addition to traditional breeding, Maoming City also uses the theme of freshwater turtles to create a number of tourism and leisure bases integrating breeding, sales, health care and sightseeing, which not only improves the economic benefits of freshwater turtle farming, but also protects and beautifies the environment, attracts tourists from all over the country to visit, and creates a beautiful business card for Maoming.
Electric White Spark Aquaculture Base
Money turtle
Albino Brazilian tortoise
Asian giant tortoise
With the increasing demand for nutrition and health products, the market prospect of health food with turtle as the main material will be very broad, and in the next step, the Agricultural and Rural Department of Maoming will breed freshwater turtles to scale and industrialization, and open up diversified terminal markets to form a freshwater turtle industry with a full ecological chain, which not only promotes the prosperity of the rural economy, but also helps the construction of beautiful villages.
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