Capital costs comprise the purchase of 600 seedlings, 4kg of plastic sheeting and 100 kgs of fertiliser per mu. Yields of 90kgs of silk cocoon per mu would be expected after two years. Iodine Deficiency Prevention Prevention and Cure of Iodine Deficiency. Yilong County, Sichuan. Yilong County is a serious iodine deficient county.
All iodine indices are well below national averages.
The project would consist of a preventive and health education campaign, improvement of laboratory facilities to strengthen monitoring capacity, and distribution of medicines to affected children. It is hoped to halve the incidence of thyroid goitre within three years. Any Chinese or international organisation seeking small scale funding or partners for legitimate development initiatives in China is invited to submit details to China Development Briefing. The Yunnan Floriculture Training Centre, a private, non profit initiative approved by the Provincial Education Commission, is conducting flower trials to test imported, commercially available plant material and field conditions, and gives training in floriculture to potential growers.