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Chinese agricultural technology helps with oilseed harvesting in Pakistan

STORY: Chinese agricultural technology helps with oilseed harvesting in Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: April 19, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of agriculture in Pakistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHOU XUSHENG, Director, International Business Department of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed Company STORYLINE: Pakistan is an agriculture-centric economy, which depends on imports for approximately 89 percent of its edible oil needs. Due to the high cost of imported edible oil and scarcity of quality oil seeds in the local market, many villagers had to resort to cheaper but unhealthful alternatives such as mustard oil. In line with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor cooperation in agriculture, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed Co., Ltd. and Pakistan's Evyol Group signed a memorandum of understanding in 2022 to help Pakistan produce and harvest ample amounts of canola oilseeds. In Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district, farmers are increasi

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PAKISTAN-BHAKKAR-CHINA-OILSEED-HARVEST

(240422) -- BHAKKAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A farmer uses a newly imported oilseed harvester to harvest canola at a field in Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district on April 17, 2024. In Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district, farmers were left in awe as they witnessed the newly imported oilseed harvesters from China efficiently and briskly carrying out their tasks. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese agricultural technology transforms oilseed harvesting landscape in Pakistan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-BHAKKAR-CHINA-OILSEED-HARVEST

(240422) -- BHAKKAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers harvest canola at a field in Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district on April 17, 2024. In Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district, farmers were left in awe as they witnessed the newly imported oilseed harvesters from China efficiently and briskly carrying out their tasks. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese agricultural technology transforms oilseed harvesting landscape in Pakistan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-BHAKKAR-CHINA-OILSEED-HARVEST

(240422) -- BHAKKAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A farmer uses a newly imported oilseed harvester to harvest canola at a field in Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district on April 17, 2024. In Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district, farmers were left in awe as they witnessed the newly imported oilseed harvesters from China efficiently and briskly carrying out their tasks. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese agricultural technology transforms oilseed harvesting landscape in Pakistan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-BHAKKAR-CHINA-OILSEED-HARVEST

(240422) -- BHAKKAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers carry harvested canola at a field in Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district on April 17, 2024. In Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district, farmers were left in awe as they witnessed the newly imported oilseed harvesters from China efficiently and briskly carrying out their tasks. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese agricultural technology transforms oilseed harvesting landscape in Pakistan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-BHAKKAR-CHINA-OILSEED-HARVEST

(240422) -- BHAKKAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers carry harvested canola at a field in Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district on April 17, 2024. In Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district, farmers were left in awe as they witnessed the newly imported oilseed harvesters from China efficiently and briskly carrying out their tasks. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese agricultural technology transforms oilseed harvesting landscape in Pakistan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)