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(I) Cultivation Stage: Standardization, Scale-up, and Intensification

Cultivation is the origin of the frozen fruits and vegetables industry chain, directly influencing product quality and cost.

In recent years, the cultivation stage of frozen fruits and vegetables in China has shown a development trend of “standardization, scale-up, and intensification.” Leading enterprises have been actively expanding upstream, establishing their own cultivation bases or collaborating with farmer cooperatives to ensure a stable supply of raw materials.

Cultivation Modes: From Scattered Cultivation to Contract Farming

Contract Farming: Enterprises sign cultivation agreements with farmer cooperatives, specifying varieties, cultivation standards, and purchase prices. Farmers cultivate according to the standards, and enterprises are responsible for purchasing and processing. This mode not only ensures the raw material supply for enterprises but also reduces the market risks for farmers, making it the current mainstream cultivation mode.

Own Bases: To ensure the quality of raw materials, leading enterprises establish their own cultivation bases, enabling full - process control “from farm to table.”

The processing equipment for frozen fruits and vegetables is the core support for the industry's development, including equipment for cleaning, sorting, cutting, quick - freezing, and packaging.

In recent years, the equipment matching stage for frozen fruits and vegetables in China has shown trends of “accelerated technological iteration, promotion of domestic substitution, and improvement of intelligentization level.”

Development Status of Core Equipment

Quick - Freezing Equipment: It is the core equipment for frozen fruits and vegetables processing. Currently, the mainstream technology is the IQF (Individual

ream technology is the IQF (Individual Quick Freezing) technology, and high - end technologies such as liquid nitrogen freezing and vacuum freezing are gradually being popularized.

IQF individual quick - freezing equipment can achieve rapid freezing of individual fruits and vegetables, avoiding adhesion and ensuring a good taste after thawing. Currently, it has a market share of 65%.