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    Remarkable achievements have been made in the implementation of the American International "heifer project" in Anhui Province

    • Last Update: 2002-06-15
    • Source: Internet
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    Introduction: over the past two years, Anhui Province has achieved remarkable results through the implementation of the US international "heifer project" Therefore, there are more than 6000 households in Anhui Province, with an average income of 700 yuan The international heifer project organization, abbreviated as HPI, is a famous unofficial, non-profit organization in the United States that supports farmers to develop animal husbandry, improve their lives, protect the environment and promote the sustainable development of human society The Organization raised money in the United States to help the poor in underdeveloped areas Since it was founded in 1944, HPI has implemented effective animal husbandry poverty alleviation projects in more than 110 countries and 35 economically underdeveloped states in the world, based on the belief that "giving people a glass of milk is better than helping people to raise a cow", with its unique sustainable and just development mode based on the principle of delivering gifts It has been awarded "volunteer" by President Reagan and President Bush respectively The Presidential Award for "action of the people" and "end hunger" HPI is an important member of the American Volunteer Action Committee As early as 1947, HPI donated two batches of cows to China through the United Nations Relief Administration In 1984, on the fifth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, HPI began to implement projects in China through cooperation with Sichuan Provincial Animal Husbandry Bureau In 1989, HPI established its China office in Chengdu, and then became an international non-governmental organization Over the past 16 years, more than 100000 farmers have crossed the poverty line due to the heifer project In 1998, Anhui Province and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River suffered a major flood once in a century Li Ruilin, the former chief agronomist and retired cadre of Anhui agriculture department, made great efforts to actively strive for HPI to implement the livestock production project after the Yangtze River flood in Anhui Province, and served as the director of HPI Anhui project office Through the project driven, scientific and technological support, to help the victims out of poverty and become rich Over the past two years, HPI has invested more than 2 million yuan in Wuwei, he County, Huaining, Guichi, Xuanzhou, Suzhou, Bozhou, Lujiang, Dangshan and other cities and counties in Anhui Province Each project area has carefully selected advantageous projects, actively adjusted its structure, developed grass planting and livestock (poultry) breeding, and achieved remarkable achievements In the past two years, 6345 farmers have been accumulatively developing projects, with a total number of 844000 poultry, 343 sheep and 32 cows assisted in the development The total income has increased by 4.382 million yuan, with an average of 700 yuan per household Recently, HPI China Project Office held the 21st Annual project meeting in Wuwei County, Anhui Province Nearly 100 representatives from all over the country visited the project sites of Wuwei, Lujiang and Xuanzhou (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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