Optimized irrigation methods aid spring farming in China's Jilin

STORY: Optimized irrigation methods aid spring farming in China's Jilin SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: May 14, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:27 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the farmland 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN YONGXIANG, Deputy Party chief of Liushui Village STORYLINE: Located on the Songnen Plain covered with fertile black soil, Changling County in northeast China's Jilin Province is dubbed one of the major grain-producing counties in China. More advanced and optimized irrigation and cultivation methods, such as fertigation and dense planting, have been applied to assist spring farming and increase grain output. In Liushui Village, Changling County, shallow-buried drip irrigation pipelines were installed to ensure a sufficient supply of water and fertilizer for crops. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN YONGXIANG, Deputy Party chief of Liushui Village "In the past, we sprayed the fertilizer directly in the fields. However, the fertilizer might evaporate as the seedli

Tea gardens bring fortune to remote villages in NW China

STORY: Tea gardens bring fortune to remote villages in NW China DATELINE: April 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1.various of tea gardens in Ankang City 2.SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FANG LIZONG, Tea farmer 3.various of tea gardens in Ankang City 4.SOUNDBITE(Chinese): HU XUEHUA, Deputy director, Huimin Tea Cooperative 5.various of tea gardens in Xixiang County 6.SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIAO JIHUI, Tea farmer 7.SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN ZHILONG, Official with Bureau of Tea Industry, Xixiang County STORYLINE: Liushui Township, Ankang City Shaanxi Province, NW China Tea gardens covering over 1,000 mu (over 60 hectares) of land have been developed in Liushui Township. Hundreds of local villagers work here, engaged in tea leaves picking, garden management and land circulation. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FANG LIZONG, Tea farmer "It's easier for us to work near home instead of looking for jobs in big cities because we are getting old. I'm over 60. Picking tea leaves here earn me ove