Researchers enrich shrimp farming returns

Sustainable model enables Pacific shrimp to be raised in rugged Ningxia

A retired professor from Tsinghua University has revolutionized shrimp farming in Northwest China, developing a sustainable model that uses recycled water to raise Pacific white shrimp in the arid climes of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

To diversify the local aquaculture species, farmers in Helan county's Sishilidian village started raising Pacific white shrimp around 2018. However, farmers encountered a series of difficulties, such as low survival rates, difficult wastewater treatment and high equipment maintenance costs.

In the same year, the city's agriculture and rural affairs bureau contacted Duan Yunling, a structural engineer and water treatment expert at Tsinghua University in Beijing, inviting him to help solve the issues.