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SINO-MYANMA EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS SUC



SINO-MYANMA EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS SUCCESSFUL 
 
Xinhua, Kunming, 19 November 1999.HYBRID-RICE EXPERIMENTAL 
FIELDS GROWN BY CHINESE AGRONOMISTS IN  NORTHERN 
MYANMA HAVE HARVESTED AFTER SIX MONTHS. 

ACCORDING TO TEST RESULTS, A 0.46-HECTARE EXPERIMENTAL 
FIELD IN SHAN IN MYANMA REAPED 1,600 KILOGRAMS OF HYBRID 
RICE, MAKING THE AVERAGE RICE PRODUCTION REACH 3,300 
KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE, 1,800 KILOGRAMS HIGHER THAN THAT 
OF THE LOCAL AVERAGE OUTPUT. 

ANOTHER 0.66-HECTARE EXPERIMENTAL PADDY FIELD HARVESTED 
5,219 KILOGRAMS OF RICE, MAKING THE AVERAGE OUTPUT OF 7,800 
KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE, 4,320 KILOGRAMS HIGHER THAN THAT 
OF THE LOCAL AVERAGE OUTPUT.

CHINA AND MYANMA HAVE STARTED GROWING RICE IN WHAT 
WERE POPPY GROWING FIELDS IN SHAN. NEXT YEAR, MYANMA 
WILL EXPAND ITS RICE GROWING AREA AFTER THESE SUCCESSFUL 
EXPERIMENTS, CHINESE AGRONOMISTS SAID. 

CHINA HAS PLEDGED TO HELP MYANMA TURN ALL POPPY GROWING 
AREAS INTO RICE FIELDS BY 2005. 

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