Where does Ruyang sweet potato come from?

Ruyang sweet potato is a geographical indication product of agricultural products.

Ruyang sweet potato is a specialty of Ruyang County, Luoyang City, Henan Province. Ruyang sweet potato has good appearance, good taste, storage resistance and high yield. Ruyang sweet potato has the characteristics of "noodles, sand, fragrance and sweetness" and is very delicious.

Ruyang County is located in the west of Henan Province, which governs 3 towns 12 townships, with a total population of 407,800, including 366,000 agricultural people. The main food crops are wheat, corn and sweet potato, of which the perennial planting area of sweet potato is 65438+100000 mu, and the total output of sweet potato is134265438+100000 kg. At present, there are 2 leading enterprises in sweet potato flour processing, 2 processing villages, more than 300 farmers' brokers and 4 farmers' professional cooperative organizations in the county. The industrialized management organization drives 40,000 farmers, accounting for 43.7% of the county's farmers. The industrial output value of sweet potato in the county reached 65.438+0.2 billion yuan. The sweet potato industry, which was neglected in the past, has become a pillar industry for farmers in Ruyang County to get rid of poverty and become rich, and has also brought great benefits to the county economic development.

Ruyang County has two sweet potato processing enterprises, namely Shuangyang Sanfen Co., Ltd. and Rending Starch Factory, two sweet potato professional villages in Da 'an Luoao and Shangdian West Street, and three processing bases in Da 'an, Shangdian and Cypress. There are 6 specialized households, and the processing capacity reaches1100,000 kg. The cumulative production capacity of fresh potatoes in the county is more than 35 million kilograms, and the output of starch and starch products is 5.83 million kilograms, with an annual output value of 2910.9 million yuan.

In 2006, in order to promote the industrialization of sweet potato, Ruyang County built a famous brand of Ruyang sweet potato and registered the trademark of "Qinglonggou". The registration of trademark makes Ruyang sweet potato industrialization enter a new stage of development, and also makes Ruyang sweet potato brand start, forming scale effect, increasing the market competitiveness of Ruyang sweet potato, further expanding the market, and making the sweet potato industry enter the track of rapid development.