MADAGASCAR-CHINA-HYBRID RICE-HARVEST

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(240509) -- ANTANANARIVO, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Local farmers harvest rice at a high-yield hybrid rice demonstration field in Mahitsy, Madagascar, on May 8, 2024. To help more African countries reduce food shortages, the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center inaugurated its Africa sub-center in Madagascar in May 2019. The average yield of hybrid rice produced in Madagascar with Chinese technologies is two to three times more than that of local ones. (Photo by Sitraka Rajaonarison/Xinhua)

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