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Rice Production in Indonesia - Bali

Workers process rice using a machine while nearby women manually recover and separate kernels that remain attached to stalks in a field in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on September 14, 2023. Manual recovery complements mechanical threshing in rice production, as the crop serves as the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, making its cultivation a critical global process. Photo by Nicola Longobardi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COm

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Rice Production in Indonesia - Bali

A small shed stands in the middle of a rice field in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on September 12, 2023. The structure is used by local farmers to store tools and rest during work hours, as rice cultivation remains essential to global food security with the crop serving as a staple for more than half of the world’s population. Photo by Nicola Longobardi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COm

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Rice Production in Indonesia - Bali

A worker carries an 80-kilogram bag of newly harvested rice on his shoulder across a field in Denpasar, Indonesia on September 11, 2023, as rice cultivation continues to play a critical role in global food security, with the crop serving as a staple for more than half of the world’s population. Photo by Nicola Longobardi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COm

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Smart Agriculture Plant Factory Opens in Kuqa Xinjiang - China

A technician from Ningbo City checks the growth of lettuce at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions. As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. Photo by Liu Jiaqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Smart Agriculture Plant Factory Opens in Kuqa Xinjiang - China

A staff member cleans a planting bed at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions. As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. Photo by Liu Jiaqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Smart Agriculture Plant Factory Opens in Kuqa Xinjiang - China

This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions. As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. Photo by Liu Jiaqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Smart Agriculture Plant Factory Opens in Kuqa Xinjiang - China

Staff members harvest vegetables at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions. As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. Photo by Liu Jiaqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Smart Agriculture Plant Factory Opens in Kuqa Xinjiang - China

A staff member harvests vegetables at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions. As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. Photo by Liu Jiaqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Smart Agriculture Plant Factory Opens in Kuqa Xinjiang - China

This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows vegetables growing at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions. As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. Photo by Liu Jiaqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Smart Agriculture Plant Factory Opens in Kuqa Xinjiang - China

A staff member prepares vegetable juice for visitors at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions. As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. Photo by Liu Jiaqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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HONDURAS-MARCALA-COFFEE

(230507) -- MARCALA, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks crop growth in a coffee plantation in Marcala, Honduras, on May 6, 2023. Honduras' natural conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation and it is one of the major coffee exporters in Central America. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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Cultivation of rice variety banned in India's Punjab to curb Delhi's air pollution

STORY: Cultivation of rice variety banned in India's Punjab to curb Delhi's air pollution DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of cultivation of rice 3. various of crop harvesting 4. various of stubble burning STORYLINE: The government of India's northern state Punjab has banned the cultivation of a particular rice variety within the state in a bid to curb air pollution in the national capital, particularly during the winter months. The farmers growing Pusa44 used to indulge in burning its stubble, which was said to be one of the main causes of air pollution in Delhi during winter months. The Punjab government said incidents of stubble burning would come down by at least 50 percent after banning the growing of Pusa44. Farmers in Punjab usually burn Pusa44 stubble in October-end to quickly clear their farmlands to grow wheat. As per official estimates, rice is grown on nearly 3.2 million hectares of land every

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Intelligent machines help farming in China's breadbasket province

STORY: Intelligent machines help farming in China's breadbasket province DATELINE: May 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of farming machines STORYLINE: Intelligent machines are helping with farming in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, saving manpower and improving efficiency. As China's breadbasket province, Heilongjiang's mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvest has reached 98 percent by November last year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

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HONDURAS-MARCALA-COFFEE

(230507) -- MARCALA, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks crop growth in a coffee plantation in Marcala, Honduras, on May 6, 2023. Honduras' natural conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation and it is one of the major coffee exporters in Central America. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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Egypt raises wheat supply prices

STORY: Egypt raises wheat supply prices DATELINE: April 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of wheat STORYLINE: The Egyptian cabinet approved an additional incentive, during its meeting Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, to supply wheat from farmers for the 2023 season, bringing the price of wheat to EGP 1,500 per ardeb of 23.5 carats. Nader Saad, a spokesperson of the Egyptian cabinet, said Wednesday's decision aims to support Egyptian farmers, encourage the expansion of strategic crop cultivation, and reduce the import bill. This decision comes in implementation of the directives from Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to revise the supply price of wheat for farmers in the current harvest season. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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India lifts ban on rice exports after 3 months

STORY: India lifts ban on rice exports after 3 months DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India gate 2. shot of government buildings 3. various of rice cultivation fields 4. various of wholesale rice market 5. various of export containers on highway STORYLINE: The Indian government has lifted the ban imposed nearly three months ago on exports of organic non-basmati rice, including broken rice, said an official notification by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued late on Tuesday. A part of the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the DGFT is essentially involved in regulating and promoting foreign trade through regulation. The ban on rice exports was imposed to ensure adequate domestic supplies amid fears of a rice shortage after apprehensions were cast over its lesser yield during the winter crop season. To boost domestic supplies, the federal government had also imposed a 20-percent export duty on non-basmati varieti

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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.

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