China-Nigeria agricultural cooperation aims for greater food production

STORY: China-Nigeria agricultural cooperation aims for greater food production DATELINE: June 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG XUEMIN, Assistant general manager and rice expert of Green Agriculture West Africa Limited (GAWAL) 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLUSEGUN OJO, Director-general of the National Agricultural Seeds Council 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BELLO ZAKI, Director at the Agriculture Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): STEPHEN ELISHA, Local farmer STORYLINE: On a farm in the northwest suburb of Abuja, Nigeria's capital, Wang Xuemin, sweating profusely under the hot sun in June, walked along a ridge between rice paddy fields where a big harvest is apparently expected. He stopped from time to time and raised the loudspeaker in his hand, speaking to the crowd following him about the rice varieties, estimated yields and planting techniques used on the paddy fields, and answering questions from the crowd. T