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China's water-saving drive makes its way to nation's farms |
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13:22, December 03, 2008 |
China's drive to save water has come to Guanli Village, Sujiatun District, in Shenyang City.
Wu Zhenqi, a farmer in the village in northeast China's Liaoning Province, said: "I have to save water. If I use an extra ton of water to irrigate one mu of farmland, I will need 54 more tons of water a year on my 54 mu of contracted land. That is too dear."
The mu, a traditional unit of measurement, equals one-fifteenth of a hectare.
The village water saving association has issued an electronic card to each farmer, stipulating the amount of water to be used according to the size of each farm's rice fields.
Chinese farmers have become keenly aware of the significance of water conservation.
China, with 1.3 billion people, has inadequate and unbalanced water supplies. According to the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), with 6 percent of the world's fresh water resources, China ranks sixth in the world. However, its per capita water resources are only a quarter of the world's average, ranking 121 out of 153 countries.
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