BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Lingqiu County in
north China's Shanxi Province has made efforts to explore
development of the organic agriculture for poverty
alleviation.
Lingqiu's efforts have been widely applauded by the attendees at
the 7th International Forum of Organic Agriculture which kicked off
on Sept. 12 in Datong City.
Hu Yuegao, professor at China Agricultural University, pointed
out that the world is in the process of transition from industrial
civilization to ecological civilization. The organic agriculture is
a good way to achieve the goal of rural vitalization and promote
such a transition.
Experts at the forum noted that organic agriculture can
effectively solve food safety issues, improve resource utilization,
and ultimately achieve sustainable agricultural
development.
Located in the northeast of Shanxi
Province, Lingqiu County under Datong City enjoys abundant
natural resources, with a long history of agricultural production.
It has a total population of 250,000, including 200,000 engaged in
agricultural production.
In order to achieve both poverty alleviation and ecological
protection, from 2013, Lingqiu County has taken organic agriculture
as an effective way to promote ecological poverty
alleviation.
Through organic agriculture and eco-tourism, 14,547 poor people
in the county have been lifted out of poverty.
In recent years, Lingqiu has taken multiple measures to develop
the organic agriculture and protect the local ecological
environment.
It launched an organic agriculture park with a planned area of
1,185 square kilometers, involving 46,000 farmers in 208 villages.
An organic agriculture demonstration zone covering an area of 146
square kilometers was also built in a township to vigorously
develop the organic agriculture projects.
Meanwhile, Lingqiu has also adopted a development mode featuring
the combination of organic agriculture, beautiful countryside, and
eco-tourism. It has built six communities with the organic
agriculture as the mainstay, which has become the new tourist
attractions.
For example, Chehe Organic Community, one of the six
communities, has received 420,000 tourists since its establishment
in 2014. The community had a total investment of 380 million yuan (about 56.01 million U.S. dollars).
Up to now, the total output value of organic agriculture in
Lingqiu accounts for about one third of its total agricultural
output value. It has 20 leading agricultural industrialization
enterprises.
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