The photo, taken on October 25, shows staff members of the Yifeng Agricultural Machinery Cooperative harvesting late-season rice in Qingyuan Group, Fengyu Village, Yongan Town, Liuyang City. As a major grain-producing county in the country, Liuyang has a grain sown area of more than 1.212 million mu or 80,800 hectares this year. Late-season rice here […]
CHONGQING (Oct 25): Autumn is in full swing across China, and with it comes the bustling season of harvest. Wang Disheng, standing at some 170 centimeters tall, steps into a rice paddy only to find himself nearly “drowned” by the towering rice stalks. “These rice plants are essentially twice as tall as the regular ones, […]
A late-season rice yield monitoring was conducted in the “four-high (high standard, high technology, high yield, and high quality)” test fields in Changsha on October 23. The monitored area consists of five core demonstration fields, respectively located in Jinzhou Town in Ningxiang City, Chunhua Town in Changsha County, Jinggang Town in Wangcheng District, Shashi Town […]
Litia Cava Multimedia Journalist The Ministry of Agriculture with support from China is tackling the decline in rice production that has resulted from rural-to-urban migration and shifting weather patterns. Senior Agriculture Officer Inosi Vulawalu says interest in rice farming diminished over the years but the Ministry is committed to reversing this trend through various initiatives. […]
Islamabad imported 14,000 tonnes of hybrid paddy seeds from Beijing, which is also working research trials in the neighbouring nation. By Subramani Ra Mancombu The “needle of suspicion” points to China in the European Union detecting the presence of genetically modified (GM) rice in an organic Basmati rice export consignment from Pakistan. “Data show that […]
“Chinese experts brought seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, machinery, and technology, guiding me step by step in scientific rice cultivation, bringing new hope to our lives,” said Guinea-Bissau farmer Acosdo. by Xinhua writers Wang Zizheng, Lyu Chengcheng, Zhou Chuyun BISSAU, July 12 (Xinhua) — After a successful dry-season harvest in July, farmer Acosdo in Bafata, a town […]
The delegation from Hubei province meeting with Jeffrey. KOTA KINABALU (July 10): Sabah is looking to boost its rice production through potential collaboration with China’s Hubei province, a leader in hybrid rice technology. This development came to light during a meeting between Sabah’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan […]
Recent floods in China are threatening the country’s harvest of early-season rice, a dietary staple and a major component of Beijing’s campaign to ensure food security. Photo: Weibo China is set to see a drop in its early-season rice harvest after recent bouts of extreme rainfall in major production areas, putting pressure on annual output […]
