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1/4 OF CHINA’SVEGETABLESCOME FROMINDOOR FARMS
GREENHOUSES PRODUCE VEGETABLES,MUSHROOMS, FRUIT AND HORTICULTURESEEDLINGS
THE INDOOR AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IS SEEING FAST GROWTH
CHINA’S GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES THE INDUSTRY THROUGH MYRIAD SUBSIDIES FORNEW PRODUCTION CAPACITY
HeilongjiangProvinceis the‘breadbasket’of Chinaper
US$8,750 1 Acre
400GREENHOUSECOMPANIESby 2010
5-6GREENHOUSECOMPANIESin the 1980s
They produce170mn metric tonsof vegetablesa year.
Most popular veggies:
Area under greenhouse cultivation from 2006Indoor Agriculture Census (most recent available):
China had only 5-6 greenhouse companiesin the 1980s, but had nearly 400 by 2010.
Heilongjiang Province offers analmost US$8,750 per acre subsidyfor new hothouse capacity.
2 Handy Factoids on Heilongjiang Province: (i) it�s the northeastern�breadbasket� of China, home to some of the largest farming operations inthe country (ii) it gets really cold in winter; it shares a border with Siberia!
Sources: bf150.com, farmer.com.cn, agri.gov.cn, �Hubei�s first photovoltaic greenhouse power plant commences operation� news report, Calculated based on average of Rmb8-10kper mu from �Report on Heilongjiang�s vegetable basket project.
CHINA’S GREENHOUSES ARE GETTINGLARGER AND MORE TECHNICALLYSOPHISTICATEDIn August 2013, the country�s first solar PVgreenhouse was connected to the electricitygrid in Liuge County, Hanchuan.
170,000,000Metric Tons
zucchini
VEGETABLES
FRUITS
HORTICULTURE SEEDLINGS
EDIBLE FUNGI
137,000 ha
47,000 ha
723,000 ha
46,000 ha
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HeilongjiangProvincegets reallycold inwinter
See the debut of video on by at theChina’s Indoor Agriculture Industry Smart Agriculture Analytics
3rd ANNUAL INDOOR AGRICULTURE CONFERENCEMARCH 31 - APRIL 1, 2015 . LAS VEGAS, NV . More info at indoor.ag
Data compiled and translated by Smart Agriculture Analytics. For full sourcematerials, contact [email protected]
