The photo, taken on March 23, shows farmers busy ploughing the fields and preparing for the sowing and seedling breeding of ratoon rice at Zhujiapu Town, Hanshou County. Ratoon rice facilitates one sowing and two harvests, thereby reducing labor and saving time for farmers. It can save cost of seedling breeding and fertilizers by 350 yuan per mu, about 0.0667 hectares. This year, ratoon rice planting has been promoted widely across Hunan Province, on the premise of ensuring necessary planting of double-cropping rice. It is estimated that the planting area of ratoon rice will reach three million mu (200,100 hectares), 700,000 mu more than that in 2021. (Photo/Zhao Chi, Hunan Daily)

The photo, taken on March 23, shows farmers busy ploughing the fields and preparing for the sowing and seedling breeding of ratoon rice at Zhujiapu Town, Hanshou County. Ratoon rice facilitates one sowing and two harvests, thereby reducing labor and saving time for farmers. It can save cost of seedling breeding and fertilizers by 350 yuan per mu, about 0.0667 hectares. This year, ratoon rice planting has been promoted widely across Hunan Province, on the premise of ensuring necessary planting of double-cropping rice. It is estimated that the planting area of ratoon rice will reach three million mu (200,100 hectares), 700,000 mu more than that in 2021. (Photo/Zhao Chi, Hunan Daily)

The photo, taken on March 23, shows farmers busy ploughing the fields and preparing for sowing and seedling breeding of ratoon rice at Zhujiapu Town, Hanshou County. Ratoon rice facilitates one sowing and two harvests, thereby reducing labor and saving time for farmers. It can save cost of seedling breeding and fertilizers by 350 yuan per mu, about 0.0667 hectares. This year, ratoon rice planting has been promoted widely across Hunan Province, on the premise of ensuring necessary planting of double-cropping rice. It is estimated that the planting area of ratoon rice will reach three million mu (200,100 hectares), 700,000 mu more than that in 2021. (Photo/Zhao Chi, Hunan Daily)

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

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday