Farms closed to protect Huangpu River in Shanghai

Being considered as a major part of the city's environmental protection plan for the next three years, Shanghai has shut down a large number of livestock farms along the upper reaches of the Huangpu River to prevent it from polluting the waterway, but the campaign won't have much harm on local livestock supplies, said officials the Shanghai Agriculture Administration.
The local government has spent more than 230 million yuan (US$27.7 million) to subsidize these farmers and help move some of the farms to neighboring provinces.
Starting from last year, 82 suburban livestock farms has been force to shut down, while 182 others have been told to close by the end of next year. By that time, only around 700 renovated livestock farms will remain in the city.
According to a newly issued guideline for local farms, the city will streamline its farming industry including poultry, cattle and pig farms.
In the meantime, as some farms will move out and the livestock supply has to shrink, supermarkets around the city will rely on imports from neighboring provinces in the Yangtze River Delta and 16 cities in the Yangtze River Delta, including Shanghai, will team up to set up a milk production alliance to satisfy demand in the region.
This policy is supposed to ensure the local food supply and farmers' income as well as the need for environmental protection.
Source: www.Shagri.gov.cn