China upgrades farming technology to protect black soil

STORY: China upgrades farming technology to protect black soil DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the black soil 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIN LIJUN, Deputy director, Laboratory of agro-tech extension center, Qixing branch of Beidahuang Group 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG XIAOQING, Director of soil and fertilizer testing center, 8511 farm of Beidahuang Group STORYLINE: The black soil, or chernozem soil, found in China's northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning and in some parts of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, produces about a quarter of the country's total grain output, making it crucial to China's food supply. The typical black soil area in Heilongjiang Province, known as China's "grain barn," is approximately 10.4 million hectares, accounting for 56.1 percent of northeast China's total black soil area. However, excessive reclamation has eroded the soil's nutrients and its chernozem layer is thinnin

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