FARMERS' GROWING OPPORTUNITY

Education institutions in Guizhou help alleviate poverty by buying local produce, Xing Wen and Yang Jun report.

On a recent dull, drizzly morning, several trucks filled with vegetables - including pumpkins, white gourds, cabbages and garlic - parked in a small square in Kapu town in Guizhou's Pingtang county, waiting to be unloaded by dozens of villagers in plastic raincoats.

The square is a distribution center from which the fresh produce of the village will be delivered to the canteens of colleges and other schools across Guizhou province - after passing strict safety tests, of course.