Rich pickings for raspberry farm

Seven years ago, Martin Dabilly saw an opportunity and took it, growing raspberries in Kunming with the help and expertise of his family, Chen Liang and Li Yingqing report

The French have a long and varied association with agriculture in Yunnan province.

In 1860, a French missionary built a church in Deqin county and planted grape seeds brought from France. Today, the province is considered the sole repository for the rare rose honey grape, extinct in France for more than 100 years.