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Enhancing Farmers’ Development, Productivity and Prosperity in Rural China - MTF/CPR/062/CAS

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Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Category Factsheet

Synopsis (short abstract) Remaining poverty in China is mainly located in remote rural areas where farmers are isolated and lack significant resources and access to information and know-how. In response to the characteristics and long-term difficulties of the country’s agricultural development, the project selected four poverty-stricken counties, Baisha County in Hainan Province, Laifeng County in Hubei Province, Longshan County in Hunan Province, and Meigu County in Sichuan Province. These all had a high degree of ethnic minority settlement, a low level of industrial development, and a distinctive production foundation for agricultural products, without effective brand building. Given that agriculture is the main industry of the county economy, the representativeness of these four counties in addressing long-term issues such as rural revitalization and sustainable transformation of the agrisystem was evident and a key concern of China’s agricultural development. Against this background, the project aimed to address key obstacles to farmers’ development, productivity and prosperity.

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