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SINO-MYANMA EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS SUC
- Subject: SINO-MYANMA EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS SUC
- From: darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 05:47:00
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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