Revival in the Mountains | Episode 12: Macadamias are ripe

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Revival in the Mountains | Episode 12: Macadamias are ripe

Source: CGTN | 2022-10-12 | Editor:Ines

Bi Jiafu, dubbed the "father of macadamia," was the first one to introduce macadamia cultivation to Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In 1996, Bi, a farm owner, noticed that planting sugarcane hadn't delivered much profit for the farmers. He turned to the provincial forestry department and got 100 macadamia seedlings for trials. Despite challenges and doubts from others, he didn’t give up and persuaded villagers to join him in planting macadamias. The persistence later bears fruit.

By the end of 2019, the cultivated area of macadamia in Lincang City was nearly 175,000 hectares. The annual output reached 30,000 tonnes, nearly half of the world's total.