How can taro fight poverty in rural China? In the village of Toucheng in the northeast of Fujian Province, taro farmers have turned to organic production. A Beijing company supplies them with free fertilizer and new farming techniques, and buys all their taro at above-market prices – meaning the farmers need to invest less money up front and have more income security in the end. This pilot project, involving about 70 farmers, was just launched in the spring but if successful will be expanded to other villages in Fuding County.