Martin Raiser’s Video Blog from the Field

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00:01 Hello everybody.

00:03 We're here in Guizhou Province,

00:05 Duyun County,

00:06 Gungjian

00:07 is the name of the village,

00:09 and I'm here with my friend Tina,

00:11 uh,

00:11 who is our lead agriculture specialist.

00:14 We're here to look at the potential for green rural revitalization.

00:19 Guizhou was one of the poorest provinces in China.

00:22 But last year,

00:23 it eliminated and eradicated absolute poverty,

00:26 and we asked ourselves,

00:27 what is next?

00:28 How can farmers further increase their income in a sustainable manner?

00:32 And our idea was they should do it in a green way.

00:35 They should do it in a way that also helps to preserve the environment.

00:39 And when you look around here,

00:40 you can see why that's important because it's such a beautiful space.

00:44 Now,

00:45 one thing they showed us here is asparagus.

00:48 Asparagus is a high value crop,

00:50 but it is quite risky.

00:51 So the farmers need to be convinced to go into asparagus.

00:55 This is a demonstration plot for organic asparagus.

00:59 Asparagus already would yield quite a high income.

01:03 At the peak,

01:03 maybe something like ¥9000

01:06 per mu.

01:07 That's an enormous income for a farmer,

01:09 but if it's organic,

01:11 it's 2 to 3 times more.

01:13 So the potential for sustainably increasing incomes and doing

01:16 it in an environmentally sustainable way is huge.

01:19 That's what we want to work with in.

01:21 and in other provinces in China and now

01:24 Ladisi Chennai is going to say a few words as

01:27 well about which project approach we're going to use.

01:30 So we are going to use a results-based

01:34 program

01:35 where we can reward farmers who are

01:37 adopting these new technologies which are promoting green

01:41 agricultural practices

01:43 that

01:43 minimizes the use of pesticides

01:47 and the chemical fertilizers or completely eliminates use of these.

01:51 Uh,

01:51 chemical fertilizers and pesticides,

01:54 but

01:55 embrace the use of formula,

01:57 fertilizers or the

01:59 organic fertilizers and also other

02:03 integrated pest management practices to produce these kind of commodities.

02:08 So

02:09 we would be agreeing with Farmers on how they want to do this

02:12 and then reward them for the results that they are getting,

02:15 which is very innovative and a very

02:18 good incentive for farmers to participate in green

02:20 agriculture and ruralization programs.

02:24 So stay tuned.

02:25 You'll hear more about this project in due course.

02:27 Thank you very much.

02:28 Thank you.

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Hello everybody. We're here in Guizhou Province, Duyun County, Gungjian is the name of the village, and I'm here with my friend Tina, uh, who is our lead agriculture specialist. We're here to look at the potential for green rural revitalization. Guizhou was one of the poorest provinces in China. But last year, it eliminated and eradicated absolute poverty, and we asked ourselves, what is next? How can farmers further increase their income in a sustainable manner? And our idea was they should do it in a green way. They should do it in a way that also helps to preserve the environment. And when you look around here, you can see why that's important because it's such a beautiful space. Now, one thing they showed us here is asparagus. Asparagus is a high value crop, but it is quite risky. So the farmers need to be convinced to go into asparagus. This is a demonstration plot for organic asparagus. Asparagus already would yield quite a high income. At the peak, maybe something like ¥9000 per mu. That's an enormous income for a farmer, but if it's organic, it's 2 to 3 times more. So the potential for sustainably increasing incomes and doing it in an environmentally sustainable way is huge. That's what we want to work with in. and in other provinces in China and now Ladisi Chennai is going to say a few words as well about which project approach we're going to use. So we are going to use a results-based program where we can reward farmers who are adopting these new technologies which are promoting green agricultural practices that minimizes the use of pesticides and the chemical fertilizers or completely eliminates use of these. Uh, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but embrace the use of formula, fertilizers or the organic fertilizers and also other integrated pest management practices to produce these kind of commodities. So we would be agreeing with Farmers on how they want to do this and then reward them for the results that they are getting, which is very innovative and a very good incentive for farmers to participate in green agriculture and ruralization programs. So stay tuned. You'll hear more about this project in due course. Thank you very much. Thank you.

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