Zixin Group’s C&S business focuses on (i) the cultivation, management, and supply of quality sweet potato seedlings; (ii) providing farming solutions and techniques, including cultivation technical support and the supply of specialised agricultural materials; and (iii) the sale of fresh orange and purple sweet potatoes sourced from our contracted farmlands, where we provided the seedlings, farming solutions and technical support.
Zixin Group has a dedicated seedlings cultivation area of 300 mu (approximately 200,001 m2 or 20 hectares).
Before commencing cultivation, it is essential to undertake soil improvement efforts. In FY2024, Zixin Group not only fulfilled its 8,268.6 mu (approximately 5,512,427.6 m2 or 551.2 hectares) of contracted farmland designated for cultivating and producing selected orange and purple sweet potato varieties in Liancheng County, utilising the 100 mu seedlings nursery base, but also recorded sale of surplus seedlings to local farmers in the vicinity.
In FY2025, the seedling cultivation area has been expanded from 100 mu to 200 mu to support the new planting season, which runs from March to July 2025. Furthermore, Zixin Group aims to increase its seedling cultivation area from 200 mu to 300 mu in FY2026, contingent upon the completion of soil improvement work. To ensure a sufficient supply of sweet potato seedings for Zixin Group’s contracted farmers, the expansion would not only guarantee this supply but also enhance Zixin Group’s ability to sell surplus seedlings to local farmers in the mid- to long-term.
Zixin Group intends to lease an additional land area of 131.2 mu (approximately 87,466.7 m2 or 8.7 hectares) for further expansion of the seedlings nursery.
Our primary objective in cultivating sweet potato seedlings and developing in-house cultivation solutions is to ensure traceability, food safety, and a consistent supply of highquality sweet potatoes. This strategy aims to improve harvest yields and support our Group’s sales of fresh sweet potatoes, as well as enhance our higher-margin snack food and functional food manufacturing operations for our range of proprietary products.
Zixin Group’s suite of cultivation solutions, including soil improvement, fertilizers, and patented varieties of sweet potato seedlings, are also provided to assist other individual farmers to increase their crop yields and produce highquality fresh orange and purple sweet potatoes.
Furthermore, the outsourced services provided by the smart warehouse, which include automated sweet potato washing, sorting, packing, and cold storage, continue to enhance Zixin Group’s front-end operational efficiency and reduce spoilage. This, in turn, leads to a higher volume of fresh sweet potatoes being available for sale, which have an extended shelf life and thereby lessen price competition during harvesting season.
