Category: Agriculture

The government has put forward a five-year plan to build a major cashmere production and processing centre at Linhe in Inner Mongolia, Meat News said. The number of sheep in the area will be increased from 600,000 to 6m on land that was previously arable. By the end of the five-year period, the centre is […]

The damming of the Yellow River for the construction of the Shapotou water control project in Ningxia was completed in November, Xinhua reported. The project is a key element of the plan to develop China's western region and will cost Yn1.3bn. When completed, it will have the capacity to irrigate 89,000 hectares of farmland.