Wuhan farmers struggle as crops wither from travel limits

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In this April 6, 2020, photo, workers prepare to replant aquatic tubers known as lotus roots in the Huangpi district of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province. .(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

HUANGPI, China (AP) — Stuck in the same bind as many other Chinese farmers whose crops are rotting in their fields, Jiang Yuewu is preparing to throw out a 500-ton harvest of lotus root because anti-coronavirus controls are preventing traders from getting to his farm near Wuhan, where the global pandemic started.

Chinese leaders are eager to revive the economy, but the bleak situation in Huangpi in Wuhan’s outskirts highlights the damage to farmers struggling to stay afloat after the country shut down for two months.

In this April 6, 2020, photo, a worker tries to remove rotting aquatic tubers known as lotus roots in the Huangpi…

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1 thought on “Wuhan farmers struggle as crops wither from travel limits

  1. The entire planet would be better off if all the people in this province and everywhere else in China just disappeared. Go away. No more of you, bye bye. And take America’s native wildlife killers with you.

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