Gansu farmers enjoy bumper harvest

Tuqiao, a mountainous township located in Qingcheng county, Qingyang, Gansu province, has in recent years, vigorously developed its white melon seed industry, with the planting area exceeding 433 hectares.

The picture shows white melon growers using machinery to crush white melon seeds. [Photo by Zhou Zhuming]

In Heiquan town, Gaotai county, Zhangye, Gansu province, farmers take advantage of the fine weather to dry their red peppers on receipt of orders. [Photo by Wang Jiang, Zhao Wenxin and Lei Jing]

On Sept 17, villagers are busy drying and sorting corn seeds at the 273.3 heactare production base in Mingyong town, Ganzhou district, Zhangye, Gansu province. This year, Ganzhou district’s 49,000 hectares of corn seed have achieved a bumper harvest. [Photo by Yang Yongwei]

In Shangqin town, Ganzhou district, Zhangye, Gansu province, vegetable farmers are harvesting, selecting, and packaging cabbages, in preparation of transporting the products to market in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. [Photo by Yang Xiao]

Growers in Xincheng town, Jiayuguan, Gansu province, race against time to deseed, clean, dry, and select pumpkin seeds. What a picture of golden autumn harvest. [Photo by Wang Shanshan and Ma Yufu]