Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming

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Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming

STORY: Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plantation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JUMAY HASAN, Cotton farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ABDUGANI ABDUKEYUM, Cotton farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO XIHAI, China National Cotton Group Corporation STORYLINE: Cotton sowing is in full swing in northwest China's Xinjiang. Despite U.S. sanctions on Xinjiang cotton, more Xinjiang cotton farmers have confidence in their careers. Jumay Hasan is one of them. For him, planting cotton has become a good source of income. He plants 130 mu (8.7 hectares) of cotton in Shaya County this year, 10 mu more than last year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JUMAY HASAN, Cotton farmer "Last year, each mu of cotton field in our cooperative harvested 410 kilograms of cotton. We could get more than 2,000 yuan (about 314 U.S. dollars) of dividends per mu." Meanwhile, new technologies also help far

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