Central Asian farmers to reap benefits

Editor's note: During his visit to Kazakhstan in September, President Xi Jinping proposed that China and Central Asia join hands to build a Silk Road economic belt to boost cooperation. The idea has been widely echoed in Central Asian countries, becoming an encouraging blueprint for Chinese areas along the Silk Road that has linked Asia and Europe for more than 2,000 years. In the next three weeks, China Daily reporters will travel through the belt in China and in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkey. They will show the progress and expectations of the countries, businesses and peoples on the route.

Farm planting technologies and anti-drought grain seeds, which have long been driving parts of western China's agricultural sector, are finding new growth thanks to Central Asian countries' rising demand to improve the output of various farm products.

The opportunities come from Central Asian nations' rising investment in various agricultural sectors and rapid urban development. Countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have all begun seeking technical solutions and human assistance from China, which is good at using limited land and resources to feed its enormous population.