Young men in their agricultural careers
DATE:2015-05-26 SOURCE:China Daily
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Photo taken on May 14 shows Xie Shengjie, a senior of Shanxi Agricultural University checks the sweet melons. Xie rented a greenhouse in the university''s entrepreneurship park for sweet melon cultivation. More university graduates are starting careers in agriculture in Shanxi province due to a series of preferential policies to support agricultural development. [Photo by Zhan Yan/Xinhua]
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Photo taken on May 14 shows three members of an entrepreneurial team from Shanxi Agricultural University in their strawberry greenhouse. Established in 2014, the team started the agricultural business with an investment of 70,000 yuan ($11,298) and broke even after one year. [Photo by Zhan Yan/Xinhua]
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Photo taken on May 15 shows Huang Chao works in a greenhouse. Huang started to cultivate edible fungi before he graduated from Shanxi Agricultural University in 2008. He operates an agricultural cooperative now, and to provide technological advices for the local farmers at the same time. [Photo by Zhan Yan/Xinhua]
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Photo taken on May 14 shows Wang Nan works in a watermelon greenhouse. At the very beginning of his agricultural career, the 23-year old student of Shanxi Agricultural University said he is confident in agriculture. "Different from our fathers, we are modern farmers with good command of technology and management," he said. [Photo by Zhan Yan/Xinhua]