Q: What are some of the ways in which this method of cultivation raises people's incomes and quality of life?

Lin: In the Eastern Highlands alone, growing Juncao, mushrooms and rice on arid land helped more than 5,200 farmer households to double their incomes.

At a demonstration base in Rwanda, we combined ecological treatment of the river water, water loss and land erosion and the Juncao industry. It helped 3,000 farmer households to double, or even triple, their incomes.

An estimated more than 500,000 people are attached to the Juncao industry. In the future, tens of millions of people may participate in it.