Chinese hybrid rice helps farmers in Madagascar increase yield

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Chinese hybrid rice helps farmers in Madagascar increase yield

STORY: Chinese hybrid rice helps farmers in Madagascar increase yield DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tomb of Yuan Longping 2. various of Rakotoson Philibert presenting a bowl of hybrid rice to the tomb of Yuan Longping 3. various of hybrid rice planting in Madagascar 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HU YUEFANG, Chinese hybrid rice expert 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG LIJUN, Executive director of Africa sub-center in Mahitsy, China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center 6. various of hybrid rice planting in Madagascar STORYLINE: In June, a bowl of hybrid rice from Africa was presented as a special offering at the tomb of Yuan Longping, China's "father of hybrid rice." The gift was brought in person by Rakotoson Philibert, former secretary general of the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar. Following a series of procedures such as variety selection, and risk analysis for potential foreign species invasion, Chinese

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