Modern agriculture leads to better yields and stabler incomes

Farmers apply quicklime to high-quality farmland in Tianhou village, Dali town, Shunchang county, Nanping city, Fujian province, in order to sterilize it. (Xinhua/Peng Zhangqing)

In 2020, Shunchang county, Nanping city, Fujian province, began integrating scattered plots of land, building supporting irrigation facilities, and making use of advances associated with modern agriculture in order to engage in high-quality cultivation. More than 933 ha of land is being farmed in this way in the administrative area thus far. The undertaking improves the county’s grain production capacity and makes its agricultural endeavors more sustainable.