Sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia

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Sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia

STORY: Sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: TASHKENT/URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's water-saving irrigation technology 2. various of cotton fields in Uzbekistan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uzbek): SHERZOD DONAEV, Uzbek farmer 4. various of the Aral Sea area 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN XI, Director of the Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: China's water-saving irrigation technology has been helpful in improving cotton harvest and the ecological environment in Uzbekistan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uzbek): SHERZOD DONAEV, Uzbek farmer "We are in a cotton field. We planted seeds on this cotton field on April 20, 2023, by adopting Chinese technology." While Uzbekistan is famous for its cotton production, in the past several decades the livelihoods of Uzbek cotton farmers have been under severe threat from the ecological crisis of the Aral Sea. Once the

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