Linwu Taro

Linwu County’s long-standing local specialty product is carefully selected and purified by the vegetable research department. Each weighs more than 1.5 kilograms. It integrates multiple vitamins and is rich in active calcium and various trace elements. Regular consumption can remove fat, lower blood pressure, and beautify the skin. In November 1999, it won the silver medal at the first Hunan Provincial Agricultural Products Expo.

Linwu taro has been cultivated in Linwu County for hundreds of years. As early as hundreds of years ago, Linwu County had the habit of planting taro by rivers and ponds. In the late 1980s, , Beixi Village, Shuangxi Township, began to plant a small amount of rice in rice fields, forming a production base of hundreds of acres in the early 1990s. Taro planting is mainly concentrated in Shuangxi, Wushui, Chengguan, Huatang, Lanqiao, Guangyi, Nanqiang, Tongyi, Fenshi, Tutu, Shuidong, Chujiang, Wuyuan, Wanshui and other towns. In 2011, Linwu County planted 27,800 acres of taro, with a yield of 48,650 tons. At present, there are more than 800 taro merchants in Linwu, with a sales network all over the country. It is especially well-known in the South China market, and its products are also exported to Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao markets.

Linwu taro is famous for its large and beautiful size, fine powder, strong fragrance, hammer-shaped appearance, milky white purple spots inside, and high starch content; it is also famous for its concentration of multiple vitamins. In one, it is rich in active calcium and a variety of trace elements. Regular consumption can remove fat, lower blood pressure, and beautify the skin. It won the "Silver Award" at the first Agricultural Expo of Hunan Province in 1999 and the "Silver Award" at the Chenzhou Agricultural Exhibition in 2000. Gold Award", and won the "Best-Selling Product Award" at the Chenzhou Tourism Ecological Festival in 2001. In 2004, the Vegetable Bureau registered the "Shunxi" trademark, and the "Shunxi" taro farmers' professional cooperative came into being. For ten consecutive years from 1999 to 2008, the sales share of Linwu taro in Guangzhou Jiangnan Market, the largest farmers’ market in South China, accounted for more than 80%, and the sales share in Beijing’s Xinfadi Market also accounted for more than 85%. At present, "Shunxi" taro is popular all over the country, and has become a leading variety in our county's vegetable industry. It has also become a major way for our county to adjust the agricultural industrial structure, increase farmers' income, and increase agricultural efficiency.