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    COVID-19: Wuhan farmers struggle as crops wither from travel limits

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    COVID-19: Wuhan farmers struggle as crops wither from travel limits

    Crops deemed nonessential are withering as farmers wait for permission to move them


    Published:  April 07, 2020 14:16 AP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Editor

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    Stuck in the same bind as many other Chinese farmers whose crops are rotting in their fields, Jiang Yuewu is preparing to throw out a 500-ton harvest of lotus root because anti-coronavirus controls are preventing traders from getting to his farm near Wuhan, where the global pandemic started. Image Credit: AP
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    Chinese leaders are eager to revive the economy, but the bleak situation in Huangpi in Wuhan's outskirts highlights the damage to farmers struggling to stay afloat after the country shut down for two months. Image Credit: AP
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    Authorities are easing travel controls after declaring victory over the virus, but flowers and some other crops deemed nonessential are withering while farmers wait for permission to move them to market. Image Credit: AP
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    Most transportation in and around Wuhan, a city of 11 million people in central China's Hubei province, was suspended Jan. 23 to fight the coronavirus. Trucks carrying food supplies deemed essential were allowed through. Image Credit: AP
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    Jiang's lotus roots, a starchy, popular ingredient in Chinese cooking, and some other crops were not included. Image Credit: AP
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    "Vendors wanted to come and buy lotus roots but couldn't make it," said Jiang, 57, dressed in blue overalls and knee-high rubber boots. "If we don't do our best, in the second half of the year, we will barely survive." Image Credit: AP
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    The final restrictions on residents of Wuhan leaving the city are due to be lifted Wednesday, but farmers and companies still are working to restore supply chains that carry food to crowded cities and raw materials to factories. Image Credit: AP
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    The official China News Service reported that Hubei will create "green channels" to get production supplies to farmers and crops to market. Jiang and his neighbors in this area about 30 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of Wuhan's city center said they still were waiting for clearance. Image Credit: AP
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    Guo Changqi, who raises flowers for sale in Wuhan, said officials visited to ask vegetable farmers about their losses. Not him. Image Credit: AP
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    Guo said he has thrown away more than 20,000 pots of flowers, which usually sell for 5 to 6 yuan (70 to 85 cents) each at his in a wholesale market in Wuhan. The market has reopened, but there are few customers, he said. Image Credit: AP
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    "We live on flowers," said Guo, dressed in a wide-brimmed straw hat as he walked past rows of pots of dead flowers. "If we have no way to sell them, life will get harder." Image Credit: AP
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    Some farmers are finding temporary outlets for sales through volunteers in Wuhan helping the elderly and other vulnerable people get food supplies. They buy direct from farmers and arrange delivery to apartment complexes. Image Credit: AP
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    Online grocery orders surged in Wuhan and other cities after families were ordered to stay home. The government also arranged food deliveries. But some residents had no access to websites and smartphone apps. Image Credit: AP
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    "Especially for empty-nesters, they didn't know how to buy food from this channel even though they had money," said volunteer Luo Hao. Image Credit: AP
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    Jiang's neighbor Dong Yumei, who raises cabbages, said her sales have fallen by 80%. Most of her business now is with the volunteer network in Wuhan. "The farmers here are so nice and the vegetables are cheaper," said Luo. "They're also fresh from the farm." Image Credit: AP
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    Volunteer Luo Hao, right, talks about his work near a farmer with his harvest of vegetable to be collected by other volunteers in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Image Credit: AP

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