Xinhua Silk Road: Water-saving and drought-resistant rice key to high-quality crop production, experts
Published on: October 8, 2022.
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HEFEI, China, Oct. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — 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.
Source: https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221008000069
