Pigs raising cooperative founded in Yunnan to alleviate poverty

Combo photo taken on May 18, 2017 shows Li Weibiao (2nd R) with his parents and wife and daughter in their house (up) and in their pig farm (bottom) at Dabaoluo Village of Yunlong County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Li's family, raising over 170 pigs now, got a net income of over 300,000 yuan (43,600 U.S. dollars) in 2016. To improve the living conditions and income for poverty-stricken villagers, mainly of Bai ethnic group living on farming in the mountains, local government founded pigs raising cooperative in 2013 under the support of country's poverty alleviation policy. More than 1,300 households have got benefits from the cooperative, which offers information and services on breeds, technology, forage, epidemic prevention and sales. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)

Editor: Mu Xu