20 1 1 65438+1October11Although beginning of winter has passed, Geng Shushan, a farmer in Guangping County, Hebei Province, has a warm heart-this year, all 23 acres of okra planted by his family were sold, and the accumulated income reached/kloc. It is reported that with the opening of the deep processing of okra and the fruit and vegetable beverage project with a total investment of 2 billion yuan, Guangping will develop okra planting10.2 million mu within three years, becoming the largest deep processing base of okra in China.

Okra is native to Africa, also known as pig excrement beans, kidney-tonifying vegetables, pepper and coffee Huang Kui. In recent years, it has become a popular new health vegetable in Europe, America and Southeast Asia. Its meat is tender and smooth, and it has the effects of fitness, beauty and slimming, and cancer prevention. Because of its rich nutrition and remarkable health care function, many countries regard it as the first choice vegetable for athletes and are known as "Olympic vegetables". Abelmoschus esculentus not only has the characteristics of simple planting, easy management and high yield, but also can absorb a lot of soil salt during its growth, which can transform saline-alkali land into Cheng Liangtian.

It is understood that okra was successfully planted in Guangping County in 20 10, and the yield per mu was 1500 kg. But because it is a new thing, it is only sold in high-end hotels and supermarkets. In order to make the industry bigger, the county Kwai Fukang Beverage Co., Ltd. developed a functional beverage with okra as the main raw material. At present, the company has invested a total of 654.38 billion yuan to produce 654.38 million tons of functional beverages and other beverages annually, with an annual output of 50,000 tons of okra functional plant beverages. After the first phase of production, in order to develop a series of products such as okra seed oil, okra scented tea and canned okra, the company built an okra comprehensive processing project and a fruit and vegetable beverage project with a total investment of 2 billion yuan. After the project is completed and put into production, the annual output of dried okra scented tea 100 tons, canned okra 15000 tons, healthy okra beverage 50,000 tons, fruit and vegetable beverage 36,000 tons, okra juice 20,000 tons and instant okra 10000 tons will be realized, and the annual sales income will be 2,654 million yuan.