Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

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Qingyuan Forest-Mushroom Co-culture System in Zhejiang Province, China

GIAHS since 2022

Qingyuan Forest-Mushroom Co-culture System in Zhejiang Province, China
©Yao Ka

 

It is an agroforestry system in the northern mountain area of Qingyuan County, focusing on sustainable forest management, development of the mushroom industry and cyclic use of resources. It is the birthplace of the Xianggu (also called shii-take, the scientific name is Lentinus edodes) cultivation technique and forest-mushroom co-culture.

TAGS: #Agroforestry#SustainablePractices
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17/05/2022

Qingyuan County with rich forest and species resources, located in the southwest mountain area of Zhejiang Province, is the county-level administrative area with the best ecological environment in China and one of China's 17 key regions of global significance for biodiversity

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