Harvesters collect rice from black soil paddy fields at a farm in Huachuan, Heilongjiang province, in October. ZHANG GUOJUN/XINHUA A revolutionary land management model is being applied across the ...

SHI FENG/XINHUA For low-lying flatlands in the eastern part of the Songnen Plain, straw is crushed and buried deep to replenish soil organic matter. For soils affected by wind and water erosion ...

After the soil is laid across the nearly 1-acre native wildlife habitat site, about 5,000 native shrubs and wildflowers collected from the surrounding area will be planted on the crossing.

Developing methods for constructing roads on expansive soil by using soil additives derived from local plants Many parts of Ethiopia remain hardly accessible due to a lack of well-maintained rural ...