Editing Ningxia (section)

===Agriculture===
Similar to other areas, Ningxia has seen a gradual decline of its peasant population due to rural–urban migration. Despite this, the great majority (62.8 percent) was still agricultural at the time of the survey.<ref>Ningxia Bureau of Statistics 2013, 4.2</ref> Animal husbandry is important for the regional economy. In the main pastoral county, Yanchi, it is even the leading industry when specified for the primary sector. The dominant grazing animals are sheep and goat.<ref>Ningxia Bureau of Statistics 2013, 11.20</ref> In the (semi-)pastoral regions, herders engage in a mixed sedentary farming operation of dryland agriculture and extensive animal husbandry, while full nomadic pastoralism is no longer practiced.<ref name="Ho 2016"/> Since a cattle breeding plan was implemented in 2002, the province has become one of China's main dairy production areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ningxia dairies see success in quantity, quality |url=https://regional.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2022-01/21/c_742792.htm |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=regional.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Ningxia's dairies achieve high-quality development with smart factories, advanced breeding techniques |url=https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/4000510-ningxias-dairies-achieve-high-quality-development-with-smart-factories-advanced-breeding-techniques |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=www.bastillepost.com}}</ref>

Ningxia is the principal region of China where [[Wolfberry|wolfberries]] are grown. Other specialties of Ningxia are [[licorice]], products made from Helan stone, [[fiddlehead]] and products made from [[sheepskin]].

[[Ningxia wines]] are a promising area of development. The Chinese authorities have given approval to the development of the eastern base of the [[Helan Mountains]] as an area suitable for wine production. Several large Chinese wine companies including Changyu and Dynasty Wine have begun development in the western region of the province. Together they now own 20,000 acres of land for wine plantations and Dynasty has ploughed 100 million yuan into Ningxia. In addition, the major oil company [[China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation]] has founded a grape plantation near the Helan Mountains. The household appliance company [[Midea (company)|Midea]] has also begun participating in Ningxia's wine industry.<ref>[http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1102&MainCatID=11&id=20111215000020 "Grape expansion: Chinese wine companies move west"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731231303/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1102&MainCatID=11&id=20111215000020 |date=31 July 2015 }}, ''Want China Times'', 15 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.</ref> Vineyards have been set up in the region.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=14 June 2016 |title=China's Bordeaux: winemakers in 'gold rush' to turn desert into vineyards |work=The Guardian |location=Helan county, Ningxia province |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/14/china-bordeaux-wine-region-desert-ningxia-vineyards-gold-rush}}</ref>