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China's agricultural expertise fuels prospects for rice self-sufficiency in Fiji

STORY: China's agricultural expertise fuels prospects for rice self-sufficiency in Fiji SHOOTING TIME: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Suva CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fijian farmers working with experts of China-Aid Agricultural Development Project in Fiji 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN HUAZAO, Team leader of China-Aid Agricultural Development Project in Fiji 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU MINGKUI, Seed breeding expert of China-Aid Agricultural Development Project in Fiji 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TEKINI NAKIDAKIDA, Deputy secretary for Agriculture Development, Fijian Ministry of Agriculture and Waterways STORYLINE: Rice has been cultivated for many decades in Fiji, serving as a major source of food for its population. However, the country's rice industry has faced challenges in recent years, marked by a decline in both lands and production, mainly due to traditional farming practices, labor shortage and the impacts of climate change. Fiji produces less tha

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Market in Medellin Colombia

Colombian farmers from Antioquia participate in Medellin, Colombia's first Farmers Market that aims into a new economy that looks forward to bring around 32 million pesos to the city economy with several farmers market across parks and plazas of the city on February 15, 2024. Photo by: Juan Jose Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Guomin (R), a member of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, practices calligraphy in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 13, 2024. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have extended their impact to schools, sha

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-FARMER-AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

(230922) -- GABORONE, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lesedi Modo-Mmopelwa, assistant FAO representative, speaks during a training workshop for horticulture farmers in Gaborone, Botswana. Sept. 20, 2023. TO GO WITH "Horticulture farmers learn agricultural practices at UN workshop in Botswana" (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting turnips in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting celery in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting celery in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting celery in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting celery in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting celery in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting celery in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canned Vegetable Processing Site - Brittany

An agricultural producer harvesting green beans in the middle of a field crop in Brittany, France showing us farming practices, the specificities of vegetable production and the reduction of pesticide use on September 19, 2023. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese firm shares rice planting technology with Myanmar farmers

STORY: Chinese firm shares rice planting technology with Myanmar farmers DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:10 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the agricultural knowledge sharing event 2. various of farmland STORYLINE: A company from southwest China's Yunnan province has collaborated with Myanmar's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation to hold a knowledge-sharing seminar for local farmers. The event was held at a demonstration farm of Yangon Region's Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, aiming at enhancing agricultural practices, boosting crop yield, and promoting green development in Myanmar, the event's organizers said. About 50 farmers participated in the seminar held at the 30-acre demonstration farm on the outskirt of Yangon. Speaking at the event, Fu Shaoxue, an executive of the Yuntianhua Group Co., Ltd., said that the collaboration on the establishment of a 30-acre demonstration farm would result in increasing Myanmar's agricultural produc

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China-aided training program benefits Malawian rice production

STORY: China-aided training program benefits Malawian rice production DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of rice farmers working in Malawi 2. various of a three-day training held in Lilongwe 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CORNWELL IMAN, Rice breeder, manager of local rice research station 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHN ENOCH, Chief agriculture officer in the department of crops in Malawi 5. various of rice farmers working in Malawi STORYLINE: Chinese agricultural experts have brought China's advanced practices in rice production to Malawi through a training program. Around 40 extension workers from agricultural development divisions across the southern African country attended the three-day training held last week in the capital city of Lilongwe. The training program was welcomed by Malawian officials and agricultural experts. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CORNWELL IMAN, Rice breeder, manager of local rice research station "What we have learned

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Kenya to improve irrigation systems to ensure food security

STORY: Kenya to improve irrigation systems to ensure food security DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of irrigation facilities in Kenya 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): REBECCA MIANA, Cabinet secretary, East African Community, ASALs and Regional Development 3. various of irrigation facilities in Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALICE WAHOME, Cabinet secretary, Water, Sanitation and Irrigation 5. various of irrigation facilities in Kenya STORYLINE: Kenya plans to step up the rehabilitation of existing irrigation facilities and construct new ones as part of the effort to enhance food security. Kenya is among the countries in the Horn of Africa facing severe drought due to the lack of rainfall. According to East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and Regional Development, the government will also develop irrigation systems on the arid and semi-arid lands and encourage farmers to adopt smart agricultural practices. SOUNDBITE 1 (Englis

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Americas-Asia Agriculture Food Forum held in California, seeking more cooperation

STORY: Americas-Asia Agriculture Food Forum held in California, seeking more cooperation DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Agriculture Food Forum 2. various of speakers at the forum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FIONA MA, California State Treasurer 4. various of agricultural products on display 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO ZHENGE, General representative in the United States of the CCPIT and China Chamber of International Commerce 6. various of Agriculture Food Forum STORYLINE: A smaller, but no less determined post-pandemic international Americas-Asia Agriculture Food Forum (AAAFF) met on Wednesday and Thursday in Southern California, to network and discuss best practices in the global food and agricultural industries. The forum held in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, about 37 miles (about 59.5 km) east of Downtown Los Angeles, attracted around 100 representatives from China, the United States and some other countries. The internati

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-AGRICULTURAL PROJECT-HOMELESS PEOPLE

(220622) -- WINDHOEK, June 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer displays her plants at an agricultural project in Windhoek, Namibia on June 22, 2022. A smart agricultural project in Namibia's capital city, Windhoek is empowering city dwellers to tackle hunger and enterprise sustainable futures through farming practices at Farm Okukuna. TO GO WITH "Urban farm project offers new lifeline to the homeless in Namibia city" (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua)

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-AGRICULTURAL PROJECT-HOMELESS PEOPLE

(220622) -- WINDHOEK, June 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man buys vegetables at an agricultural project in Windhoek, Namibia on June 22, 2022. A smart agricultural project in Namibia's capital city, Windhoek is empowering city dwellers to tackle hunger and enterprise sustainable futures through farming practices at Farm Okukuna. TO GO WITH "Urban farm project offers new lifeline to the homeless in Namibia city" (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua)