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Double-cropping rice achieves high yield in tropical Chinese city

The double-cropping rice developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," and his team has achieved a yield of 1,586.86 kilogram per mu (667 square meters), the project team said Tuesday.

Sustainable transport promotes sustainable development

The improved transportation infrastructure in Dulongjiang is a microcosm of the development of transportation in China at large. According to the Report on Sustainable Transport in China, which was compiled by China Academy of Transportation Sciences and released at the Second UNGST Conference, beginning in 2014, efforts have been strengthened in the construction, management, maintenance and operation of roads in rural areas. Where feasible, governments had provided paved roads to towns and villages by 2019, and bus services by 2020.

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Chinese horticulturist's 60 years of unremitting efforts at melon breeding

Eleven years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, 91-year-old Wu Mingzhu sometimes fails to recognize her former colleagues or even her family members who live by her side. But her memory of the melon varieties she developed while working in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region lingers.

The rural vitalization strategy is the leading agenda for government work on agriculture, rural areas, and rural residents. The top task for implementing the rural vitalization strategy is to ensure supply of important farm produce, grain in particular. Implementation of the rural vitalization strategy and seeking progress in work related with agriculture, rural areas and farmers should be taken into consideration and promoted in the overall economic and social development.

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Composite production system promotes well-being in Zhagana
Gannan video series 1 -- Modern agriculture and animal husbandry improve well-being
Gannan video series 2 -- Formerly impoverished village becomes tourism hotspot

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Rural women play critical role in enhancing agricultural and rural development

Rural women make up about one-quarter of the entire human population. They are active participants in many different sectors as workers, innovators, and leaders. There is no doubt women have a major role in the rural economy, in feeding the world, and in reducing malnutrition.

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Community Development Fund and Community-Driven Development - Practices of Huoshan, Anhui

Fight Poverty with a Charity Variety Show - Take the Show of “We Are in Action” of Dragon TV as an Example

Media publicity is an integral part of poverty alleviation campaign. Effective publicity can help mobilize more social resources and social cares, and give impetus to the overall task of cutting poverty. Dragon TV has created a variety show “We Are in Action” with the philosophy of cutting poverty through industry-based development. By integrating e-commerce process of products display, product release, and sales with interactions with TV stars, this program has got off to a great start in terms of both poverty alleviation and viewership ratings.

Town-based factory district – reduces poverty, enhances skills, and leads to better infrastructure in county with scarce arable land

Wuzhishan Green Agriculture Park – Modernization of agricultural pursuits results in more employment opportunities, poverty reduction, and environmental improvement

A model was developed and implemented in Jiange county, Guangyuan city, Sichuan province based on “green agriculture + poverty reduction” in order to harness local environmental resources, engage in sustainable development, and create profit via crop and livestock farming, related products and tourism.

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