神马文学网Dry spell hits where it hurts
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Dry spell hits where it hurts
08:44, April 09, 2010 
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stumbleupon Drought is sparking fears of inflation and food shortages in Southwest China, report Wang Huazhong in Guizhou, and Peng Yining and Li Yingqing in Yunnan. Farmer Zhu Chaosong had just a week to plough two hectares of land and plant his annual potato crop on the Guizhou plateau this year. It normally takes him about two weeks but seven days' leave was all the bosses at the mine where he works would allow.
Top: Lu Guangfu, a 41-year-old villager in Yizhai, Guizhou province, attempts to till his land after a recent shower. The ox refused to move after a few steps. Above: Two elderly women in Dexing township, Guizhou, take a rest working on their dried fields. Wang Huazhong / China Daily Photos
Zhu, 35, was forced to leave his family in Liangshan village to earn extra money in coal-rich Nayong county two months ago because of the devastating drought in Southwest China. "We did not have a good 2009," he said solemnly as he rode a bus home.
"After we sold some of our potato yield, there wasn't enough left for my family to eat. If I hadn't gone back to the pits, my wife and two children could have starved."
The ongoing drought, which has lasted since last autumn and been dubbed the worst in a century, has dried out all of the village's water tanks. Zhu's wife must walk three kilometers on snaking mountain paths to fetch turbid water three times a day for her family and cattle.
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