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| | Spark Program helps farmers shake off poverty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In the Tenth Five-year Plan period, the Ministry of Science and Technology cooperated closely with relevant departments, local governments, democratic parties and social circles to aid the poor through science and technology. |
 | | Their support mainly went to 55 poverty-stricken counties in Dabieshan Mountains, Jinggang Mountains and North Shaanxi Province and some minority areas. |
 | | Silkworm breeding, tea, Chinese chestnut and traditional Chinese medicinal materials in Dabieshan Mountains, bamboo shoot, waterfowl and quality fruit in Jinggang Mountains and Chinese date, apricot, fruit and vegetable in North Shaanxi Province have already become local backbone industries, growth points of local economic development and main sources of income increase for farmers. |
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