On October 25, farmers were busy operating harvesters to reap late-season rice in the vast tracts of paddy fields at Zhongtang Base of Bijiashan Township, Heshan District, Yiyang City. There are 442,000 mu (29,467 ha.) of late-season rice in Heshan District this year. The rice has fully entered the intensive harvesting period, and its estimated maximum yield per mu will reach 550 kg. The pilot work of land digitization reform has been fully rolled out in 42 villages of Heshan District. Through the reform and commercial services, the production cost has been reduced by an average of 360 yuan per mu in two rice production seasons. This helped increase the incomes of farmers, village collectives, and new agricultural subjects. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily)

On October 25, farmers were busy operating harvesters to reap late-season rice in the vast tracts of paddy fields at Zhongtang Base of Bijiashan Township, Heshan District, Yiyang City. There are 442,000 mu (29,467 ha.) of late-season rice in Heshan District this year. The rice has fully entered the intensive harvesting period, and its estimated maximum yield per mu will reach 550 kg. The pilot work of land digitization reform has been fully rolled out in 42 villages of Heshan District. Through the reform and commercial services, the production cost has been reduced by an average of 360 yuan per mu in two rice production seasons. This helped increase the incomes of farmers, village collectives, and new agricultural subjects. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily)

On October 25, farmers were busy operating harvesters to reap late-season rice in the vast tracts of paddy fields at Zhongtang Base of Bijiashan Township, Heshan District, Yiyang City. There are 442,000 mu (29,467 ha.) of late-season rice in Heshan District this year. The rice has fully entered the intensive harvesting period, and its estimated maximum yield per mu will reach 550 kg. The pilot work of land digitization reform has been fully rolled out in 42 villages of Heshan District. Through the reform and commercial services, the production cost has been reduced by an average of 360 yuan per mu in two rice production seasons. This helped increase the incomes of farmers, village collectives, and new agricultural subjects. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunantoday