Drought-Prone Sandy Areas: Henan's Drip Irrigation Solves the Drought-Resistance Challenge

On May 22, in Wangxiaowang Village, Chengguan Town, Neihuang County, Anyang City, Henan Province, farmers install drip irrigation pipes in a Chinese yam field.

Since the beginning of summer, to address the problems of drought-prone sandy areas and scarce water resources, Neihuang County in Henan Province has adopted a new precision drip irrigation technology for water-saving and drought resistance, delivering "intravenous drips" to crops as needed, in the right amounts and at the right times through a pipe network spread across the fields, which both lowers costs and conserves resources. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liu Xiaokun)