Guizhou strives to survive as drought worsens

By Liang Chao (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-04-02 17:09

PANXIAN, Guizhou – Facing the worst drought in 80 to 100 years, residents in Southwest China's Guizhou are striving for survival through the prolonged water shortage, which has threatened their livelihood worse than ever before……

Hundreds of farmers are busy planting fast-growing vegetables such as peppers and cabbage with the water from the reservoir to recoup the harvest they lost on their hillside land. "The vegetables we are planting can be harvested in about 60 days from now and sold on the market for money," Guo Jingzhi, head of the village, said, taking care of operating pumps set along a narrow ditch linked with paddy fields……

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