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The Chinese government is trying to encourage farmers to plant a new rice variety that can be harvested for several years without reseeding.
A list of favoured varieties produced last month by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs included a strain of perennial rice with twice the yield of traditional strains.
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