China Targets Farm Waste as 'Clean' Power Source
05.09.2017
China will give farmers subsidies to build animal waste processing facilities to make fertilisers or to treat manure and to install biogas plants, according a government plan.
The plan includes setting up recycling programmes by 2020 in 200 major counties that have livestock farms.
In China, how to better dispose of animal waste has become a particular problem due to the fast growth of poultry and hog farming over the past decade to meet demand for higher quality meat. Chinese livestock farms generate nearly 4 billion tonnes of waste annually. Getting rid of animal waste is a major headache for livestock producers worldwide, partly because of the strong odour and damage caused to the atmosphere by the release of harmful gases.
«We will strengthen policy support and increase subsidies to support farmers to use organic fertiliser... especially large-scale farmers, family farms and cooperatives,» the agriculture ministry said.
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