Over the days, in Morel Base that situates in Shuitian Village, Qianjiang District, Chongqing of China, villagers are busy with Morel picking. After the drying in accordance with grades, they will be sold abroad.
“10 days after the drying, 250 kg of Morel products will be exported to France. By the end of 2018, the expected export volume on dried Morel attains 5 tons while the anticipated foreign exchange earned by export hits 5 million CNY or so,”introduce principal of Lejunyuan Mushroom Cooperative with enthusiasm.
By now, Lejunyuan Cooperative has leaded above 300 villagers to embark on Morel cultivation, gross cultivation area has totaled 1800 mu. Now, it is the fervent picking period, the expected output on first batch comes to over 200 tons, to calculate by the present market price of 200 CNY per kg, the estimated gross output value achieves over 40 million CNY.