Train runs along natural garden of lemon daylilies

Train runs along natural garden of lemon daylilies

KOSHIMIZU, Japan - A train runs on Hokkaido Railway Co.'s Senmo Line along a natural garden of lemon daylilies in Koshimizu Town, Hokkaido, on July 5, 2014.

Efficient water-saving irrigation moisturizes northwest China's arid regions

STORY: Efficient water-saving irrigation moisturizes northwest China's arid regions DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of northwest China's Ningxia 2. various of drip irrigation in Dongchuan Village 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU XINGRUI, Villager STORYLINE: Drip irrigation, an efficient water-saving irrigation system, has helped a village in northwest China's Ningxia cope with water shortage and develop daylily industry. Dongchuan Village is a relocation village, with daylily planting as its driver of economic growth. The village has adopted drip irrigation on land of more than 286 hectares, over 206 hectares of which is daylily land. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU XINGRUI, Villager "This is an old ditch that was used for flood irrigation. Now, we adopt high-efficiency water-saving irrigation. The water flows from this large pipe into the tubes. Through the tubes, the water drips to the roots of the daylilies. Now, through eff

Train runs along natural garden of lemon daylilies

Train runs along natural garden of lemon daylilies

KOSHIMIZU, Japan - A train runs on Hokkaido Railway Co.'s Senmo Line along a natural garden of lemon daylilies in Koshimizu Town, Hokkaido, on July 5, 2014. (Kyodo)