BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Water Resources said on Sunday it had concerted efforts to secure water supply in around 500 large and medium-sized irrigation areas in drought-affected r
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Ancient Tibetan astronomy keeps shining
Farmers sing during a ceremony marking the start of spring farming in Doilungdeqen district of Lhasa, southwest China\’s Xizang Autonomous Region, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)
LHASA, April 7 (
Chinese hybrid rice harvested at Brunei farm
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 17 (Xinhua) — Brunei held a ceremony on Saturday to celebrate the harvest of a Chinese hybrid rice experimental field, according to the Ministry of Primary Resources and To
Feature: Cambodia starts to construct reservoir with Chinese assistance
This photo taken on Feb. 1, 2024 shows the construction site of the Dang Kambet reservoir in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia. (Photo by Liao Hongqing/Xinhua)
KAMPONG THOM, Cambodia, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) —
Cotton enters harvest season in Kashgar, NW China\’s Xinjiang
Cotton planted on 201,300 mu (13,420 hectares) of farmland in Kashgar city, northwest China\’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has entered its harvest season.
Li Jiancai, a cotton grower in Akekashi t
Xinjiang\’s irrigation heritage thrives as lifeline, tourist hotspot
URUMQI, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Despite the availability of piped water, Hasayn Abla, a farmer in Turpan, northwest China\’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, still prefers to draw water from a canal with
Chinese scientists decipher genome secrets of foxtail millet
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have made a new breakthrough in the graph-based genome research of foxtail millet, which will facilitate rapid breeding of the crop and help ensure world
China\’s agriculture sector witnesses greener development: report
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) — China\’s agriculture sector has continuously deepened the green transformation and seen higher-level green development between 2021 and 2022, according to a report released
Western China dry region boosts water conservation, management
YINCHUAN, March 27 (Xinhua) — Ma Zihan, a primary school student in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China\’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has recently visited a local water recycling plant with his c
Modernized agriculture develops in Bohu County, NW China
A staff member operates an integrated system for irrigation and fertilization through mobile phone at a modern agriculture demonstration zone in Bohu County, northwest China\’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomou