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| Photo shows bitter gourds of Fengmu town, Tunchang county, south China\’s Hainan Province. (Photo/Lin Xiaodan) |
As Fengmu town, Tunchang county, south China\’s Hainan Province enters the harvest season of bitter gourds, local farmers are busy picking, weighing and loading the packed vegetables on trucks in a production base.
The bitter gourd of Fengmu is a geographical indication (GI) product. Having been planted for 32 years, the bitter gourd has become a pillar industry of the town, attracting over 20 purchasers every year.
The town has a planting area of 4,410 mu (294 hectares) and produces some 15,000 tonnes of bitter gourds annually.