Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Weibin (L), the founder of the Xiantao ratoon rice sci-tech station, and Du Chanchan, a PhD candidate at Huazhong Agricultural University, check the growth of ratoon rice in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Yue Wenwan)

Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Du Chanchan (L), a PhD candidate at Huazhong Agricultural University, and her classmate collect gas for testing in an experimental field at a ratoon rice sci-tech station in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Zhiwei)

Sci-tech stations in China channel college talents to countryside

STORY: Sci-tech stations in China channel college talents to countryside DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of paddy fields 2. various of Du Chanchan working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG WEIBIN, Director of Hubei Xiantao Ratoon Rice Sci-tech Station 4. various of the Sci-tech station 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG JIANLIANG, Professor at Huazhong Agricultural University STORYLINE: Du Chanchan, who had never seen paddy fields or live ducks before she came to pursue her postgraduate study at Huazhong Agricultural University in central China's Hubei Province, is now an expert of rice. In the past five years, the 28-year-old spent over 300 days a year at Hubei Xiantao Ratoon Rice Sci-tech Station, exploring the co-culture system of ratoon rice and ducks, an agricultural technique that can boost crop yield with minimal environmental impact. Her research has been promoted to many places in Xiantao City, helping farmers increase more than 4