Rice straw - weaving a unique path to well-being

In Jiangsu Province, Ganyu County has made full use of the rich straw resources in recent years, to develop the industry of processing and weaving rice straw.

After bales of rice straw are woven into everyday supplies such as straw curtains, rice straw mats and straw bags or handbags, these products are popular in Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Anhui and exported to overseas countries like America. It not only adds to local farmers' profits, but also find a good treatment for rice straw so that we can avoid from straw burning pollution.

At present, about 40,000 farmers in the county are engaged in rice straw weaving industry. Straw processing businesses alone will use 2 million tons of straw a year, with annual sales income over 300,000,000 yuan.

A happy Chinese woman harvesting bales of rice straws

Processing straw through a machine

 Farmers in a town of Ganyu County are weaving straw curtains with rice straw and straw mats for beach.