WFP SUPPORT TO FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT, China 1983.The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) has as yet only a short historyof working in China, but already it is second only to the World Bank group in the amount of development resources ithas made availableand its operations continue to expand. By the end of 1983 WFP wasoperating in 17 different provinces and autonomous regions and hadapproved support tor a further 20 different projects for which itcommitted some $200 million worth of food, mainly tor use as "food:for work" rations. Among these projects is the national conservationplan which encourages tree planting and pasture development in 11provinces of north, northeast and west China. The target is theplanting of six million hectares of trees between 1980
1990.Well-tended agricultural contours in Xiji County. WFP assisted membersof Gong Yi Peoples Commune (left foreground) prepare a steep hillslope for tree planting as protection against erosion.WFP photo by M. Cherry