Growing pomelos gives town s farmers hope of golden future By WANG HAO,TAN YINGZI and CHENG YU in Chongqing | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-20 09:28 Share Farmers harvest pomelos in Linfeng town, Chongqing. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Sun Xiulan carefully tended to her pomelo orchard after last month s harvest in Linfeng town, Chongqing, thankful for the 200,000 yuan ($31,000) it earned her family.
Farmers in the town, in the municipality s northeastern Changshou district, used to grow corn, sweet potato and potato－lao san tuo in the local dialect－but low incomes led many to move to cities for work. Now, more than 3,500 hectares of pomelo orchards are generating incomes comparable to those of many urban white-collar workers.