ChineseToday | Ecological researcher dedicates himself to desertification control in northeast China's Liaoning

ChineseToday | Ecological researcher dedicates himself to desertification control in northeast China's Liaoning

(240601) -- SHENYANG, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Lyu Linyou (R) communicates with a staff member at the Zhanggutai base of the sand control and utilization research institute of the Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 30, 2024. In 2004, 24-year-old Lyu Linyou joined the former provincial institute of sandy land utilization, which is now the sand control and utilization research institute of the Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, after graduation. Initially, Lyu specialized in grass science and had no clear idea about sand control. He learned from senior colleagues and local farmers in Zhangwu County, accumulating experience and gradually becoming determined to apply his knowledge to sand control. Located on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land, Zhangwu was once plagued by sand and dust storms. Historically, 96 percent of Zhangwu County's total area was desertified land. For the ecological management of deserti

ChineseToday | Ecological researcher dedicates himself to desertification control in northeast China's Liaoning

ChineseToday | Ecological researcher dedicates himself to desertification control in northeast China's Liaoning

(240601) -- SHENYANG, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lyu Linyou (R) checks the growth of plants with a staff member at the Zhanggutai base of the sand control and utilization research institute of the Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 30, 2024. In 2004, 24-year-old Lyu Linyou joined the former provincial institute of sandy land utilization, which is now the sand control and utilization research institute of the Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, after graduation. Initially, Lyu specialized in grass science and had no clear idea about sand control. He learned from senior colleagues and local farmers in Zhangwu County, accumulating experience and gradually becoming determined to apply his knowledge to sand control. Located on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land, Zhangwu was once plagued by sand and dust storms. Historically, 96 percent of Zhangwu County's total area was desertified land. For the ecological management of deserti

Int'l symposium participants express confidence in China's Juncao technology

STORY: Int'l symposium participants express confidence in China's Juncao technology DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the participants 2. various of Juncao 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ASIMWE L. RWIGUZA, Director of Grazing Land and Animal Feed Resources, Tanzanian Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ELLY LIGATE, PhD student from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania STORYLINE: As part of an international symposium on Juncao industry development, 57 foreign participants from 13 countries and two international organizations conducted a field trip in the county of Shunchang, east China's Fujian Province on Sunday and Monday. They visited companies, farms, and exhibition centers, where they expressed confidence in the economic, social, and environmental benefits of Juncao technology. Juncao, which literally means "mushroom" and "grass," can be used to grow edible mushrooms, feed livestock or stop deserti