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Dream of "father of hybrid rice" takes root in Africa

STORY: Dream of "father of hybrid rice" takes root in Africa SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 17, 2023/file DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of delegates planting hybrid rice seedlings 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Yuan Longping, Chinese agronomist 3. various of farmers planting hybrid rice in Africa 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): GAOUSSOU SANOU, secretary general of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources of Burkina Faso 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DEMBA SABALLY, Minister of Agriculture, Gambia STORYLINE: In front of a bronze statue of Yuan Longping, scores of African visitors planted hybrid rice seedlings in memory of the "father of hybrid rice." The delegates to the Second Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Agriculture visited the Paddy Field National Park in Sanya, China's Hainan on Tuesday. Four years ago, when attending the First Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Agriculture in Sanya, Yuan Longping expressed the hope that hybrid

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Chinese hybrid rice helps farmers in Madagascar increase yield

STORY: Chinese hybrid rice helps farmers in Madagascar increase yield DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tomb of Yuan Longping 2. various of Rakotoson Philibert presenting a bowl of hybrid rice to the tomb of Yuan Longping 3. various of hybrid rice planting in Madagascar 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HU YUEFANG, Chinese hybrid rice expert 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG LIJUN, Executive director of Africa sub-center in Mahitsy, China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center 6. various of hybrid rice planting in Madagascar STORYLINE: In June, a bowl of hybrid rice from Africa was presented as a special offering at the tomb of Yuan Longping, China's "father of hybrid rice." The gift was brought in person by Rakotoson Philibert, former secretary general of the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar. Following a series of procedures such as variety selection, and risk analysis for potential foreign species invasion, Chinese

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Xinhua Headlines: G77+China summit concludes with emphasis on empowering Global South

(230917) -- HAVANA, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2021 shows Longping High-Tech Brazil, a Chinese-invested company owned by Longping Agriculture Science Co., Ltd., in Cravinhos, Brazil. (Xinhua)

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2023ChinaJoy Held In Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 28, 2023 - Visitors watch rice growth at Yuan Longping Rice Research Base in Xingan League of Inner Mongolia using 5G intelligent driving technology during 2023ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China, July 28, 2023.

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China's savior from famine misses Nobel Peace Prize

BEIJING, China - Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice" for trebling the rice crop per hectare in some 40 years, checks wet-field rice to be harvested in a test paddy in Changsha, Hunan Province, south-central China, on Sept. 26, 2014. He was one of Nobel Peace Prize candidates for 2014 for his fight against famine over 50 years ago due to China's rapid industrialization policy then.

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'Father of hybrid rice' still going strong

EIJING, China - Yuan Longping, the 84-year-old "father of hybrid rice," speaks in an interview in Changsha, Hunan Province, south-central China, on Sept. 26, 2014. He is so called for trebling the rice crop per hectare in some 40 years.

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CHINA-END OF SUMMER-AGRICULTURE (CN)

(220823) -- BIJIE, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers harvest chili peppers in Longping Village, Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 22, 2022. Tuesday marks the Chushu of the solar terms. The scorching summer is going to pass by after this day. (Photo by Li Hua/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-AFRICAN DIPLOMATS-VISIT (CN)

(220801) -- CHANGSHA, Aug. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- African diplomats visit Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd. in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, July 29, 2022. Twenty-nine diplomats from 15 African countries visited the pilot zone for the In-Depth China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Program in central China's Hunan Province from July 27 to 29. They expressed confidence in China's economy and said they expected closer economic and trade ties between their country and China. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-AFRICAN DIPLOMATS-VISIT (CN)

(220801) -- CHANGSHA, Aug. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- African diplomats visit Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd. in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, July 29, 2022. Twenty-nine diplomats from 15 African countries visited the pilot zone for the In-Depth China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Program in central China's Hunan Province from July 27 to 29. They expressed confidence in China's economy and said they expected closer economic and trade ties between their country and China. (Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: BRICS cooperation injects vitality into global development, wins worldwide applause

(220625) -- BEIJING, June 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2021 shows Longping High-Tech Brazil, a Chinese-invested company owned by Longping Agriculture Science Co., Ltd., in Cravinhos, Brazil. (Xinhua)

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BRAZIL-CHINA-AGRICULTURE COOPERATION

(220620) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, June 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2021 shows Longping High-Tech Brazil, a Chinese-invested company owned by Longping Agriculture Science Co., Ltd., in Cravinhos, Brazil. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China deepens agriculture cooperation with BRICS nations" (Xinhua)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-CHINA NEWS

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Deng Ze, wife of deceased scientist Yuan Longping, attends Yuan's funeral at the Mingyangshan funeral parlor in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, May 24, 2021. The top rice scientist, who developed the first high-yield hybrid rice strain in 1973, died of organ failure at 91 on May 22, 2021 in Changsha. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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China's savior from famine misses Nobel Peace Prize

BEIJING, China - Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice" for trebling the rice crop per hectare in some 40 years, checks wet-field rice to be harvested in a test paddy in Changsha, Hunan Province, south-central China, on Sept. 26, 2014. He was one of Nobel Peace Prize candidates for 2014 for his fight against famine over 50 years ago due to China's rapid industrialization policy then. (Kyodo)

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.

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Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice

Under the guidance of doctors from the Crop Cultivation Department of the Institute of Food Crops of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, more than 70 farmers transplant rice seedlings in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, Feb. 6, 2021. It is expected that this batch of the third generation of hybrid rice, bred by Yuan Longping's team, will produce an average yield of 1,500 kilograms (3,000 jin) per mu after morning and evening harvest, which will refresh the highest rice yield per mu record in Haikou City this year.