The most ideal locations are typically remote from areas where demands are highest, requiring large investments for power transmission lines and land right-of-way use.

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The good news is that the latest draft, unlike the 2005 version, gives farmers the right to renew their land-use leases after they expire.

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The quasi-governmental Rural Development Center suggests extending land-use contracts for 100 years and allowing people to pass the right to farm the land on to their children.

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