宁南山区利用苦水灌溉发展农业生产,已有十多年历史。过去种植的作物,主要是小麦、大麦一类的粮食作物,根据国内外有关资料报导,甜菜是耐盐能力较强的一种经济作物,在盐碱化程度较高的土壤中,也能生长。在宁南苦水地区种植甜菜,是贯彻“以粮为纲,全面发展”方针的一项具体措施,意义重大而深远。1974年春,我们在同心县王团公社苦水灌溉试验基点,试种少量甜菜,用含盐量 Ningnan mountainous areas using bitter water irrigation development of agricultural production, more than 10 years of history. In the past, the crops planted in the past were mainly food crops such as wheat and barley. According to reports from domestic and foreign sources, sugar beet is a cash crop with high salt tolerance and can grow in soils with high salinity levels . Planting sugar beet in the bitter water area of ​​south Ningxia is a concrete measure to implement the principle of “taking grain as the key link and all-round development”, which is of great significance and far-reaching significance. In the spring of 1974, we experimented with a small amount of sugar beet in the trial of bitter-water irrigation at the commune of Tongwang County,