Fuping Persimmon Production in Shaanxi Reaches 280,000 Tons Annually

180,000 mu of planted area, 280,000 tons of persimmons produced annually — an average of 1.5 tons (3,000 jin) per mu. Cooperative households earn an average of over 100,000 yuan per year in income. (For decades, Korean buyers dominated the market, driving up prices and fueling expansion until output reached hundreds of thousands of tons.) As Korean buyers severely slashed prices, the municipal government stepped in to broaden market channels, turning around the situation where farmers had been earning only a few cents per jin. Korean buyers have now basically been squeezed out of the sales channels.

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