Yishizhuang Fertilizer Turns Golden Potato into a Truly Lucrative Crop

Potato is the fourth most important food crop globally. It has various aliases. In China, it is called potato, 洋芋 (yángyù), yam egg, earth egg, etc. Abroad, it is also known as groundnut, earth apple, earth chestnut, Dutch potato, Irish potato, etc. Evidently, potatoes are beloved by people all over the world.

In 2019, Xiushan County, Chongqing organized dozens of rural prosperity leaders to conduct skill training in Dezhou City, Shandong Province. They introduced the local excellent potato variety "Golden Potato" - Xisen 6, deepening the poverty alleviation project between the eastern and western regions. By 2020, the demonstration planting area of Xisen 6 potato in Xiushan County had reached more than 2,300 mu, covering 21 towns (sub-districts) and 53 villages, and had gradually entered the mature period.

Good seeds need good fertilizers. Xiushan has a new idea for getting rich. The local Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Commission integrated mature technologies such as seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. They adopted unified use of seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, recommended growers to use specialized fertilizers for specific crops, and promoted "Yishizhuang" tuber - specific fertilizer as the main product for potato planting, and the technology of using specific fertilizers plus bio - organic fertilizers as the main potato fertilization method.

    In May 2020, the potatoes that "married" from Shandong to Xiushan bore fruit, and the growers were filled with the joy of a bumper harvest. The yield - measuring and acceptance expert group composed of units such as the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Commission, Xisen Group, the County Development and Reform Commission, the County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Commission, the County Statistics Bureau, the County Poverty Alleviation Office, and Hubei Yishizhuang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. successively conducted random sampling and yield - measuring acceptance at 9 new potato variety planting sites in 7 towns and townships, including Wuyang Sub - district, Guanzhuang Sub - district, Aikou Town, and Xiaoxi Township.

Chen Bin, a large - scale grower in Changtan Village, Wuyang Sub - district, Xiushan County, felt deeply. After on - the - spot comparison in the fields, he highly recognized the formula fertilizer variety. The expert group measured the yield of the fertilizer experiment in his fields.

Good varieties with good fertilizers can ensure the visible benefits of growers. The promotion and demonstration of this potato planting model have truly turned the "Golden Potato" into a "money - making potato", bringing actual benefits to many growers. It will also become another important industry for farmers in Xiushan to get out of poverty and increase their income. Yishizhuang will also stay true to its original aspiration, go to the fields, and contribute to poverty alleviation with the effects of cost - saving, efficiency - increasing, and double - profit in production and profit.