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German experts train China pig farmers

Xinhua, July 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Eight pig farmers in east China's Jiangxi Province have received training from German experts in a program to improve local pig breeding.

All the farmers passed a several-hour-long exam on Tuesday and will train local pig farmers in villages and breeding cooperatives, said Chen Kui, an official with the Office of the Mountain-River-Lake Development Committee of Jiangxi Province, on Wednesday.

During years of growth, China's pig breeding industry is posing more threat to the environment.

Pan Rongzhou, one of the trainees, said the country's pig breeding industry mainly uses industrial methods to tackle pollution, but most farmers are not willing to spend money on any measures.

Trainer Dieter Staack said the pig breeding industry in Germany pays great attention to environmental protection.

Chen said many local pig farmers are building methane-generating pits, orchards and fish ponds to reduce the impact of pig excrement on environment.

"The program is a win-win cooperation," said Staack. "With it, we can promote our breeding philosophy and techniques in China and China can also ease environmental degradation." Enditem