Recently, the sour papaya planting base in Jiaoyi Village, Shidian County, Yunnan Province, ushered in a bumper harvest season, and sour papaya brought sweet days to local villagers.
Fruit growers display harvested sour papayas on Sept. 10. Xinhua Netfa (Courtesy of Shidian County Rong Media Center)
Walking into the sour papaya planting base, the pieces of sour papaya trees are fruitful, and the golden fruits are hanging on the branches, emitting a faint fragrance. Carrying bamboo baskets, fruit farmers shuttle under the fruit trees to harvest sour papayas, and the joy of harvest overflows on their faces.
Golden fruit hanging from the branches (september 10). Xinhua Netfa (Courtesy of Shidian County Rong Media Center)
Up to now, Shidian County has developed and planted more than 20,000 mu of sour papaya, and the output value is expected to reach 70 million yuan. (Yang Lei, Qu Kenan, Yang Jize)