Songliao Plain Agricultural Development Project

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The major objective of the Songliao Plain Agricultural Development Project is to increase agricultural production, farm-family incomes, rural employment and women's participation by increasing the productivity and marketability of crop, fruit, livestock and aquatic products. The project will increase hectarage of productive lands by: (a) expanding irrigation and drainage facilities; (b) developing unutilized wastelands, including introduction of soil and water conservation; and (c) developing intertidal areas for aquaculture production. It will also diversify crop production from corn to rice and wheat, and invest in livestock production and agroprocessing activities to make use of surplus corn and other by-products.