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BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Lingqiu County in north China's Shanxi Province has made efforts to explore

development of the organic agriculture for poverty alleviation.

Lingqiu's efforts have been widely applauded by the attendees at the 7th

International Forum of Organic Agriculture which kicked off on Sept. 12 in

Datong City.

Hu Yuegao, professor at China Agricultural University, pointed out that the

world is in the process of transition from industrial civilization to

ecological civilization. The organic agriculture is a good way to achieve the

goal of rural vitalization and promote such a transition.

Experts at the forum noted that organic agriculture can effectively solve food

safety issues, improve resource utilization, and ultimately achieve sustainable

agricultural development.

Located in the northeast of Shanxi Province, Lingqiu County under Datong City

enjoys abundant natural resources, with a long history of agricultural

production. It has a total population of 250,000, including 200,000 engaged in

agricultural production.

In order to achieve both poverty alleviation and ecological protection, from

2013, Lingqiu County has taken organic agriculture as an effective way to

promote ecological poverty alleviation.

Through organic agriculture and eco-tourism, 14,547 poor people in the county

have been lifted out of poverty.

In recent years, Lingqiu has taken multiple measures to develop the organic

agriculture and protect the local ecological environment.

It launched an organic agriculture park with a planned area of 1,185 square

kilometers, involving 46,000 farmers in 208 villages. An organic agriculture

demonstration zone covering an area of 146 square kilometers was also built in

a township to vigorously develop the organic agriculture projects.

Meanwhile, Lingqiu has also adopted a development mode featuring the

combination of organic agriculture, beautiful countryside, and eco-tourism. It

has built six communities with the organic agriculture as the mainstay, which

has become the new tourist attractions.

For example, Chehe Organic Community, one of the six communities, has received

420,000 tourists since its establishment in 2014. The community had a total

investment (https://en.imsilkroad.com/investment/index.html ) of 380 million

yuan (about 56.01 million U.S. dollars).

Up to now, the total output value of organic agriculture in Lingqiu accounts

for about one third of its total agricultural output value. It has 20 leading

agricultural industrialization enterprises.

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Source: Xinhua Silk Road Information Service