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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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Chinese canola crop transforms Pakistan's cooking oil industry, boosts local economy

STORY: Chinese canola crop transforms Pakistan's cooking oil industry, boosts local economy DATELINE: June 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: GUJRANWALA, Pakistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crop fields 2. various of the cooking oil industry 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): IRFAN JAVED, Cooking oil extraction machine owner 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Urdu): MUHAMMAD RIZWAN, Seed distributor 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Urdu): MUHAMMAD AZIM, Team leader of Evyol group STORYLINE: Irfan Javed, a cooking oil extraction machine owner in Pakistan has seen a business boom when customers flock to his shop with freshly harvested Chinese canola crop to extract oil. The crop is produced locally under an agreement between Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed Co. Ltd and Pakistani company Evyol Group. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): IRFAN JAVED, Cooking oil extraction machine owner "Initially, only the farmers who planted the Chinese canola visited our shop but gradually the number of visitors increased when people became aware of t

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Rapeseed technology conference in China promotes development of industry, cooperation

STORY: Rapeseed technology conference in China promotes development of industry, cooperation DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of 5th National Conference on Rapeseed Technology 2. various of rapeseed fields 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DILANTHA FERNANDO, Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHU XIAOBO, General manager, Wuhan Qingfa-Hesheng Seed Co., Ltd. 5. various of rapeseed fields STORYLINE: The 5th National Conference on Rapeseed Technology was held from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Yangling agricultural hi-tech industrial demonstration zone in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. In addition to academic exchanges on the development of the rapeseed industry, signing contracts for rapeseed variety rights and field observation of new varieties of rapeseed were also conducted during the conference. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DILANTHA FERNANDO, Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada "If you take some of the

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Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation

STORY: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: GUJRANWALA, Pakistan CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): MISBAH SABA MALIK, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the farmland 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GHAZANFAR ALI, Head of marketing, Evyol group 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHOU XUSHENG, Director of the int'l business department, Wuhan Qingfa-Hesheng Seed Co., Ltd. 5. various of the farmland STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): MISBAH SABA MALIK, Xinhua reporter "The bloom in canola flowers is the harbinger of established oil seed industry in Pakistan through Pak-China agriculture cooperation." Chinese seed company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers to help the country meet its edible oil demand. Pakistan's annual consumption of cooking oil is around 5 million tonnes, but due to the low economic potential of oilseeds in the local m

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PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Xusheng (L), director of the international business department of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed company, works with a seed expert from Pakistani company Evyol group in canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province on Feb. 20, 2023. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023 shows blooming canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023 shows blooming canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023 shows blooming canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Xusheng (L), director of the international business department of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed company, works with a seed expert from Pakistani company Evyol group in canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province on Feb. 20, 2023. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023 shows blooming canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)