On September 17, farmers began harvesting giant hybrid rice in Shantian Village, Chunkou Town, Liuyang City. This year, the village introduced trial planting of 20 mu (1.3 ha.) of giant rice variety, with an average height of more than 2 meters. The spike length reached over 30 centimeters, with more than 400 effective grain particles. The expected yield was about 750 kilograms per mu (about 0.067 hectares). (Photo/Xu Xing, Hunan Daily)

On September 17, farmers began harvesting giant hybrid rice in Shantian Village, Chunkou Town, Liuyang City. This year, the village introduced trial planting of 20 mu (1.3 ha.) of giant rice variety, with an average height of more than 2 meters. The spike length reached over 30 centimeters, with more than 400 effective grain particles. The expected yield was about 750 kilograms per mu (about 0.067 hectares). (Photo/Xu Xing, Hunan Daily)

On September 17, farmers began harvesting giant hybrid rice in Shantian Village, Chunkou Town, Liuyang City. This year, the village introduced trial planting of 20 mu (1.3 ha.) of giant rice variety, with an average height of more than 2 meters. The spike length reached over 30 centimeters, with more than 400 effective grain particles. The expected yield was about 750 kilograms per mu (about 0.067 hectares). (Photo/Xu Xing, Hunan Daily)

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

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunantoday