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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-HEBEI-LUANZHOU-AGRICULTURE-GREENHOUSE PLANTING(CN)

(240129) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Jan. 29, 2024 shows farmers pollinating cherry blossoms at a greenhouse in Ciyutuo Town of Luanzhou, north China's Hebei Province. In recent years, Luanzhou City has vigorously integrated cooperatives, planting bases and households to develop large-scale and standardized greenhouse planting of cherries, cucumbers, tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables in an effort to increase farmers' income. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 6, 2023 shows a hybrid rice seed breeding base in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years of history in

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong (front) and villagers transplant rice seedlings in a hybrid rice seed breeding base in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 29, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production co

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong and his daughter-in-law load harvested rice seeds onto a truck in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years o

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong checks on the growth of seeds at a hybrid rice seeds field in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years of hist

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong soaks rice seeds to prepare for hybrid rice seedling cultivation in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 6, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years o

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 6, 2023 shows the hybrid rice seeds prepared by Chen Liangdong for seedling cultivation in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production c

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo (from top to bottom) shows villagers planting seeds on April 7, 2023, transplanting rice seedlings on May 29, 2023 and manually pollinating hybrid rice on Aug. 1, 2023 in Chen Liangdong's hybrid rice seed breeding base in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he pro

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong loads harvested rice seeds onto a truck in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years of history in hybrid rice

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong arranges harvested hybrid rice seeds at a processing workshop in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years of h

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong wipes sweat while working in a hybrid rice seeds field in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 29, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years of history i

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong (L) checks on the drying condition of hybrid rice seeds at a processing workshop in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023 shows harvesters working in a hybrid rice seeds field in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years o

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong (front) and villagers level the field at a hybrid rice seed breeding base in preparation for planting in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 6, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong manually pollinates hybrid rice in the seed breeding base using bamboo poles in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 1, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county wi

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong checks on the drying condition of hybrid rice seeds at a processing workshop in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county wit

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong talks with a harvester driver in a hybrid rice seeds field in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years of hist

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Liangdong presents harvested rice seeds in a hybrid rice seed breeding base in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2023. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages. Cengong County is a national rice seed production county with 47 years

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Chen Liangdong showcasing germinated rice seeds on April 6, 2023 (upper L), transplanting rice seedlings on May 29, 2023 (upper R), inspecting rice pollination on Aug. 1, 2023 (lower L) and displaying harvested rice seeds on Aug. 26, 2023 in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE (CN)

(230802) -- QIANDONGNAN, Aug. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023 shows farmers pollinating rice seedlings at the hybrid rice planting base in Xinchang Village of Cengong County in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Cengong is a major rice-growing county in China with an annual yield of over 8 million kilograms of certified seeds. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE (CN)

(230802) -- QIANDONGNAN, Aug. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023 shows farmers pollinating rice seedlings at the hybrid rice planting base in Xinchang Village of Cengong County in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Cengong is a major rice-growing county in China with an annual yield of over 8 million kilograms of certified seeds. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)