Yengiostang

With a high survival rate compared to traditional cash crops, marigolds are easier to plant. The flowers, which contain lutein, are widely used in food and medicine. "It offers more economic benefits than cotton and wheat," said Zhu Yubao, Party chief of Yengiostang Township.

Kadir Mamut, a farmer from the town of Teram village in Yengiostang of Yopurga county, said he uses the stable electricity supply to irrigate his crop fields.