Jilin invests $1.15b in agricultural infrastructure
By Liao Wei
2014-11-14
As the slack farming season comes, Northeast China’s Jilin province has committed to invest 7.05 billion yuan ($1.15 billion) to improve its agricultural water conservation and ensure stable yields, to safeguard against drought or waterlogging.
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An excavator removes mud from an irrigation channel in Yushu city, Northeast China’s Jilin province, on Nov 10, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The fund is expected to ensure the yields of around 4 million mu (2,667 square kilometers) of farmland and improve the irrigation of approximately 3.99 million mu.
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Farmers lay a drip irrigation pipeline through farmland in Tongyu county, Baicheng city, in Northeast China’s Jilin province on Nov 11, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua] |
