From forlorn to fortune, poor land yields fish gold
China DailyChen Xuyong takes care of loaches in a breeding pond on his loach farm in Ningjin county, Shandong province. Once held back by low-quality fields, village finds success by breeding loach Once, the low-lying land around Wangshiying in Ningjin county, Shandong province, held back the village's development because of its low agricultural yields, but now that it is being used to raise fish — in this case loaches — it has helped the village emerge from poverty. "Don't underestimate these loach fry, they have made us wealthy," Chen Xuyong, the village's Party secretary, said as he scooped a bowl of water out of a breeding pond. Last year, the village collectively earned 520,000 yuan from loach farming, proof that aquaculture can work well in low-lying villages, he said.
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