Xinhua Silk Road: Water-saving and drought-resistant rice key to high-quality crop production, experts
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HEFEI, China, Oct. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
A field demonstration and technical session on water-saving and
drought-resistant rice (WDR) was held in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province on
Wednesday, to discuss and exchange views on WDR online and offline.
Industry experts, including researchers, government officials and crop
producers who attended the event, believed that water-saving and
drought-resistant rice key to high-quality crop production.
He Fengyang, vice mayor of Hefei City, addressed at the event, saying that
Hefei will make efforts to build itself as a "city of crop production" by
cultivating leading enterprises, building major innovation platforms, and
optimizing urban planning.
Noting that the WDR could mitigate unfavorable environmental factors, such as
climate variability and uneven distribution of water resources, Pan Xin, deputy
chief of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Anhui Province,
said that the WDR represents a new solution for the high-quality agricultural
development in the province.
Pan added that the area of WDR in Anhui has accounted for 70 percent of that in
China.
General Manager of Fengda Group Wu Zhiyong said that the company works with the
Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center (SAGC), creating new form of cooperation
between research institute and enterprise. Fengda Group has become a major
promotion organization for the WDR.
Chief Scientist of the SAGC Luo Lijun delivered a report at the event,
introducing the characteristics and future development of the WDR.
The event also saw the launching ceremony of the Innovation Federation of WDR
Industrial Chain.
Besides, during the event, the SAGC has signed two contracts with Tencent
Technology Beijing Co., Ltd. and the county government of Changfeng,
respectively, to explore further cooperation.
It is learned that the WDR, developed by the SAGC, can produce yields of over
550 kilogram per mu (1 mu = 0.067 hectare). The WDR has been promoted in China
and other countries along the Belt and Road, with yearly pilot rice paddies of
three million mu of in China.
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SOURCE: Xinhua Silk Road
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session on water-saving and drought-resistant rice (WDR) held in Hefei, east
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Caption: Photo shows that agricultural expert is introducing water-saving and
drought-resistant rice to event participants.
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