Broom business increases villagers' income

Farmers are busy making brooms with achnatherum splendens. [Photo provided to gozhangye.com]

Farmers at a workshop in Minle county of Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu province, are busy making brooms with achnatherum splendens.

Thanks to its low investment costs and huge demand, the broom business is providing a new avenue for local farmers to increase their income.