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Revival in the Mountains | Episode 12: Macadamias are ripe
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Bi Jiafu, dubbed the "father of macadamia," was the first one to introduce macadamia cultivation to Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In 1996, Bi, a farm owner, noticed that planting sugarcane hadn't delivered much profit for the farmers. He turned to the provincial forestry department and got 100 macadamia seedlings for trials. Despite challenges and doubts from others, he didn’t give up and persuaded villagers to join him in planting macadamias. The persistence later bears fruit.

By the end of 2019, the cultivated area of macadamia in Lincang City was nearly 175,000 hectares. The annual output reached 30,000 tonnes, nearly half of the world's total.

About 'Revival in the Mountains'

Ecological migration is an important measure for targeted poverty alleviation in China. This series selects key ecological migration and relocation projects in Qinghai, Gansu and Fujian provinces and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to take you through China's poverty alleviation work.

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 1: Bamboo and prosperity

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 2: Loyalty of a forest ranger

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 3: Creating greenery

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 4: Becoming a ranger

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 5: Helping one another

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 6: Living with gibbons

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 7: Magical fruit

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 8: Home Guardians

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 9: A Green Dream

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 10: People and fruit

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 11: Valley of hornets

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