South China Morning Post

Robots’ arrival set to give Chinese asparagus farmers a boost

In the flat, typhoon-prone fields of Lianshui county in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, a once-obscure vegetable has become a local economic engine. Greenhouses for growing asparagus now cover more than 1,333 hectares (3,294 acres), produce 50,000 tonnes (55,116 short tons) a year and generate over 1 billion yuan (US$150 million) in value, according to local government data. Lianshui accounts for about 30 per cent of China’s greenhouse-grown asparagus output, and much of the high-value white..

By South China Morning Post

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Robots’ arrival set to give Chinese asparagus farmers a boost
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