Farmers in central China's Henan busy harvesting gorgon fruit (2)

Photo shows gorgon fruit, a traditional Chinese medicine and soup ingredient that can benefit the spleen and stop diarrhea. (Photo/Xie Wanbo)

Farmers from an agricultural cooperative in Guangshan county, central China's Henan province who cultivate a total of more than 470 mu (31 hectares) of gorgon fruit have recently reaped a bumper harvest. It is estimated that the economic returns per mu will have exceeded 5,000 yuan ($772). Meanwhile, the per capita income for over 40 farmers in the cooperative rose by an annual average of about 26,000 yuan.