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Multi Colored Cauliflower Farming - Bangladesh

A farmer is clearing weeds in a colorful cauliflower field. In this field of Barnagar village of Fatepur union of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet district, a total of 6 colors of cauliflower are being cultivated with 2 varieties of Valentina and Corotina hybrids. With anti-diabetic and anti-cancer properties, cauliflower also tastes different. Intermediate pass, educated young farmer Mithun Dey is cultivating this colorful cauliflower in his family's 4 bigha land. on January 30, 2024 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Multi Colored Cauliflower Farming - Bangladesh

A farmer is clearing weeds in a colorful cauliflower field. In this field of Barnagar village of Fatepur union of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet district, a total of 6 colors of cauliflower are being cultivated with 2 varieties of Valentina and Corotina hybrids. With anti-diabetic and anti-cancer properties, cauliflower also tastes different. Intermediate pass, educated young farmer Mithun Dey is cultivating this colorful cauliflower in his family's 4 bigha land. on January 30, 2024 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Multi Colored Cauliflower Farming - Bangladesh

A farmer is clearing weeds in a colorful cauliflower field. In this field of Barnagar village of Fatepur union of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet district, a total of 6 colors of cauliflower are being cultivated with 2 varieties of Valentina and Corotina hybrids. With anti-diabetic and anti-cancer properties, cauliflower also tastes different. Intermediate pass, educated young farmer Mithun Dey is cultivating this colorful cauliflower in his family's 4 bigha land. on January 30, 2024 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Multi Colored Cauliflower Farming - Bangladesh

A farmer is clearing weeds in a colorful cauliflower field. In this field of Barnagar village of Fatepur union of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet district, a total of 6 colors of cauliflower are being cultivated with 2 varieties of Valentina and Corotina hybrids. With anti-diabetic and anti-cancer properties, cauliflower also tastes different. Intermediate pass, educated young farmer Mithun Dey is cultivating this colorful cauliflower in his family's 4 bigha land. on January 30, 2024 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Multi Colored Cauliflower Farming - Bangladesh

A farmer is clearing weeds in a colorful cauliflower field. In this field of Barnagar village of Fatepur union of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet district, a total of 6 colors of cauliflower are being cultivated with 2 varieties of Valentina and Corotina hybrids. With anti-diabetic and anti-cancer properties, cauliflower also tastes different. Intermediate pass, educated young farmer Mithun Dey is cultivating this colorful cauliflower in his family's 4 bigha land. on January 30, 2024 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australian electric vehicle sales doubled in 2023

STORY: Australian electric vehicle sales doubled in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 6, 2024, and Oct. 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cars 2. various of an electric vehicle exhibition (shot in October 2023) STORYLINE: Electric vehicle (EV) sales more than doubled in Australia in 2023 to a record high, data has revealed. According to the data, which was published by peak industry body the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) on Friday, Australians bought 87,217 battery EVs in the calendar year 2023, representing 7.2 percent of all new car sales, up from 3.2 percent, 33,410 EVs in 2022. Sales of battery EVs, hybrids and plug-in hybrids accounted for 16.2 percent of total new vehicles sales. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Canberra. (XHTV)

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LATVIA-RIGA-GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION

(230823) -- RIGA, Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the "Gladiolus 2023" exhibition in Latvian National Museum of Natural History in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 23, 2023. The exhibition kicked off on Wednesday and will last until Aug. 25. About 100 varieties of gladiolus and their hybrids will be on display. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua)

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LATVIA-RIGA-GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION

(230823) -- RIGA, Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gladiolus of different varieties are on display during the "Gladiolus 2023" exhibition in Latvian National Museum of Natural History in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 23, 2023. The exhibition kicked off on Wednesday and will last until Aug. 25. About 100 varieties of gladiolus and their hybrids will be on display. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua)

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Volvo Cars reports 17 pct global sales growth in H1

STORY: Volvo Cars reports 17 pct global sales growth in H1 DATELINE: July 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Volvo studio 2. press release (source: Volvo Cars) 3. various of Volvo cars (source: Volvo Cars) 4. various of Volvo cars production line (source: Volvo Cars) STORYLINE: Volvo Cars said on Wednesday that its global sales in the first six months of this year increased by 17 percent year-on-year to 341,691 units. The increase was driven by fully electric cars, of which 59,260 were sold, an increase of 167 percent, the company said in a press release. In China, sales grew by 12 percent to 78,526 cars, of which 7,565 were chargeable models, either fully electric or plug-in hybrids. Volvo sold 59,750 cars in the U.S., up 18 percent year-on-year, while sales of fully electric cars doubled to 7,603. In Europe, 146,943 cars were sold during the same period, up 23 percent year-on-year. Much of the growth in Europe can be attributed to fully electric ca

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Mercedes' goal to launch plug-in hybrids unaffected by oil price: CEO

DETROIT, United States - Dieter Zetsche, chief executive officer of Daimler AG, is interviewed on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 12, 2015. Zetsche said the German luxury automaker still aims to have 10 Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrid car models by 2017 even as the price of oil drops and car buyers begin to turn their focus away from fuel efficiency.

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Toyota research center in China

CHANGSHU, China - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s research and development center focusing on hybrids in Changshu, China's Jiangsu Province, shown to the media by the Japanese automaker on April 22, 2014.

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Honda to start selling fully-renovated Fit hybrid

URAYASU, Japan - Honda Motor Co. unveils a fully-renovated version of the Fit hybrid (front) in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2013. With a fuel efficiency of 36.4 kilometers per liter, it is the most fuel-efficient car among gasoline-electric hybrids sold in Japan, apart from plug-in hybrids.

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Honda to start selling fully-renovated Fit hybrid

URAYASU, Japan - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., unveils a fully-renovated version of the Fit hybrid (C) in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2013. With a fuel efficiency of 36.4 kilometers per liter, it is the most fuel-efficient car among gasoline-electric hybrids sold in Japan, apart from plug-in hybrids.

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Honda to start selling fully-renovated Fit hybrid

URAYASU, Japan - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., unveils a fully-renovated version of the Fit hybrid in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2013. With a fuel efficiency of 36.4 kilometers per liter, it is the most fuel-efficient car among gasoline-electric hybrids sold in Japan, apart from plug-in hybrids.

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Honda to sell plug-in hybrids, electric cars in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 20, 2010, to announce that the Japanese automaker will begin selling plug-in hybrid cars and battery-powered electric vehicles in Japan and the United States in 2012.

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Toyota begins nationwide fix for latest Prius model

NAGOYA, Japan - A mechanic at a Toyota dealer checks the software for the antilock brake system in the latest Prius hybrid model using a special equipment on Feb. 10, 2010 in Nagoya. Toyota Motor Corp. began fixing brake problems in the hybrids at dealers across Japan, a day after the automaker announced a recall of about 437,000 vehicles worldwide of its best-selling Prius and three other hybrid models.

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Toyota begins nationwide fix for latest Prius model

NAGOYA, Japan - A mechanic at a Toyota dealer checks the software for the antilock brake system of the latest model of its Prius hybrid using a special terminal, on Feb. 10, 2010 in Nagoya. Toyota Motor Corp. began fixing brake problems in the hybrids at dealers across Japan, a day after the automaker announced a recall of about 437,000 vehicles worldwide of its best-selling Prius and three other hybrid models.

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SINGAPORE-FLOWER TRIAL-NEW HYBRIDS

(220630) -- SINGAPORE, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Participants from the regional horticultural industry attend a flower trial held by Singapore's Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on June 30, 2022. Gardens by the Bay held a flower trial to introduce new flower hybrids suitable for planting in Southeast Asia to regional horticulturalists on Thursday. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-FLOWER TRIAL-NEW HYBRIDS

(220630) -- SINGAPORE, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Participants from the regional horticultural industry attend a flower trial held by Singapore's Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on June 30, 2022. Gardens by the Bay held a flower trial to introduce new flower hybrids suitable for planting in Southeast Asia to regional horticulturalists on Thursday. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-FLOWER TRIAL-NEW HYBRIDS

(220630) -- SINGAPORE, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A participants from the regional horticultural industry attends a flower trial held by Singapore's Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on June 30, 2022. Gardens by the Bay held a flower trial to introduce new flower hybrids suitable for planting in Southeast Asia to regional horticulturalists on Thursday. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

STORY: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of farming in Bangladesh 2. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): JOYNAL ABEDIN, Farmer 3. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): ALHAJ RAFIQUL, Farmer 4. SOUNDBITE (English): LING JIAHU, Chongqing Zhongyi Seed Co., Ltd STORYLINE: "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Joynal Abedin, a farmer in Nilphamari district, some 360 km northwest of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, had been living under the shadow of monga for more than 50 years. Today, the monga cycle is not entirely broken, but the hardships of agrarian communities in northern Bangladesh have been greatly alleviated by high-yielding Chinese rice varieties. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): JOYNAL ABEDIN, Farmer "I've planted National AgriCare hybrid Dhan-4. It gives me an excellent r

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers process newly harvested rice paddy in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer carries bundles of harvested rice in a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer carries newly harvested rice paddy in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers load bundles of rice straws into a van-rickshaw near a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers harvest rice in a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer shows bundles of newly harvested rice in a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers thresh rice near a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers work in a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer threshes rice near a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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BANGLADESH-NILPHAMARI-CHINESE RICE HYBRIDS

(220531) -- NILPHAMARI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer shows newly harvested rice in a paddy field in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, on May 17, 2022. "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Chinese seed is vital to Bangladesh's ambition to be self-sufficient in rice production. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

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Youths contribute to hybrid wheat breeding in Xi'an, China

STORY: Youths contribute to hybrid wheat breeding in Xi'an, China DATELINE: May 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of researchers working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XUAN, Researcher from Yangling Qinfeng Seed-industry Co., Ltd. 3. various of Chinese agriculture STORYLINE: A research team in Xi'an, China, has successively bred and promoted 15 wheat varieties through wheat cross-breeding. Nearly 70 percent of the 26-member team in Yangling Qinfeng Seed-industry Co. are "post-80s" and "post-90s." They use advanced technologies to improve the efficiency of wheat hybrid breeding. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XUAN, Researcher from Yangling Qinfeng Seed-industry Co., Ltd. "Wheat breeding can be divided into several stages. What we are doing now is removing stamens and cross-pollination of wheat. Then we will have the first filial generation of hybrids, or F1 hybrids. After that, we select those with superior traits, which are called F2 hybrids. The process

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Toyota to lease 500 plug-in hybrids globally

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s plug-in hybrid car which is based on its new low-cost Prius model and can be recharged from a household power supply grid. Toyota said on June 3 it will begin leasing about 500 units of the plug-in hybrid cars in Japan, the United States and Europe from the end of this year. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan group launches fund drive to renovate colonial-era building

Eikichi Iso Memorial House, built in 1925, is seen standing on the campus of National Taiwan University on Oct. 17, 2016. A Taiwanese group called for donations that day to fund the renovation of the row of wooden Japanese-style bungalows once used by Iso, a Japanese agronomy professor who made great contributions to the development of rice hybrids in Taiwan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda to sell plug-in hybrids, electric cars in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 20, 2010, to announce that the Japanese automaker will begin selling plug-in hybrid cars and battery-powered electric vehicles in Japan and the United States in 2012. (Kyodo)

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Toyota begins nationwide fix for latest Prius model

NAGOYA, Japan - A mechanic at a Toyota dealer checks the software for the antilock brake system in the latest Prius hybrid model using a special equipment on Feb. 10, 2010 in Nagoya. Toyota Motor Corp. began fixing brake problems in the hybrids at dealers across Japan, a day after the automaker announced a recall of about 437,000 vehicles worldwide of its best-selling Prius and three other hybrid models. (Kyodo)

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Toyota begins nationwide fix for latest Prius model

NAGOYA, Japan - A mechanic at a Toyota dealer checks the software for the antilock brake system of the latest model of its Prius hybrid using a special terminal, on Feb. 10, 2010 in Nagoya. Toyota Motor Corp. began fixing brake problems in the hybrids at dealers across Japan, a day after the automaker announced a recall of about 437,000 vehicles worldwide of its best-selling Prius and three other hybrid models. (Kyodo)

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Mercedes' goal to launch plug-in hybrids unaffected by oil price: CEO

DETROIT, United States - Dieter Zetsche, chief executive officer of Daimler AG, is interviewed on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 12, 2015. Zetsche said the German luxury automaker still aims to have 10 Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrid car models by 2017 even as the price of oil drops and car buyers begin to turn their focus away from fuel efficiency. (Kyodo)

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Hybrids of European Pear (Pyrus communis) and the Common Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)

Bollwiller Pear Sorbopyrus x auricularis ｴTatarovaｴ , Czech Republic on 23rd August 2018 (CTK Photo Kiesenbauer Zdenek)

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Hybrids of European Pear (Pyrus communis) and the Common Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)

Bollwiller Pear Sorbopyrus x auricularis ｴTatarovaｴ , Czech Republic on 23rd August 2018 (CTK Photo Kiesenbauer Zdenek)

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Hybrids of European Pear (Pyrus communis) and the Common Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)

Bollwiller Pear Sorbopyrus x auricularis ｴTatarovaｴ , Czech Republic on 23rd August 2018 (CTK Photo Kiesenbauer Zdenek)

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Race of boar-pig hybrids in Japan

Boar-pig hybrids race on the beach in Susami, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3, 2019, the town known as the birthplace of boar-pig hybrids. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Race of boar-pig hybrids in Japan

Boar-pig hybrids race on the beach in Susami, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3, 2019, the town known as the birthplace of boar-pig hybrids. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Race of boar-pig hybrids in Japan

Boar-pig hybrids race on the beach in Susami, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3, 2019, the town known as the birthplace of boar-pig hybrids. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Race of boar-pig hybrids in Japan

Boar-pig hybrids race on the beach in Susami, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3, 2019, the town known as the birthplace of boar-pig hybrids. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo