China\\\\\\\’s green agriculture breakthrough

• Once a desert, Aksu now source of prosperity through high technology

BAKANG TIRO

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AKSU, XINJIANG: Aksu city in Xinjiang Province, a once complete desert land is driving the agriculture success story in China through community projects such as Kekeya Greening, leveraging on technology.

The Kekeya Greening Project is not a simple shelterbelt project, and authorities indicate that of the 102,000 hectares of planted forests, 80 percent are forests that can be used for agriculture.Aksu boast of rich apple farms and cotton, developments that the community cherish with pride, when reflecting on how the land was a desert and it is now the richest land in China.