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Farmers benefit from herb-planting in China’s Gansu

Updated: Nov 2,2018 8:47 AM     Xinhua

Farmers harvest herbs in Hejiawan village of Weiyuan county, Northwest China’s Gansu province, Nov 1, 2018. The output of Chinese herbal medicine in Gansu province, with a total planting area of 4.6 million mu (310,000 hectares), is expected to reach 1.2 million tons in 2018. Farmers of more than 1,300 villages in poverty have benefited from herb-planting. [Photo/Xinhua]

Farmer Qi Changping airs codonopsis pilosula, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, in Xinzhai village of Weiyuan county, Northwest China’s Gansu province, Oct 31, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

Farmer Zhao Jinxia shows fresh codonopsis pilosula, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, in Sanhe village of Weiyuan county, Northwest China’s Gansu province, Oct 31, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

Farmers collect astragalus roots, a traditional Chinese medicinal material, in Hejiawan village of Weiyuan county, Northwest China’s Gansu province, Nov 1, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Farmers harvest fresh codonopsis pilosula, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, in Sanhe village of Weiyuan county, Northwest China’s Gansu province, Oct 31, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]