China - Hi-tech farming

T/I: 10:33:13 For centuries, farmers in China followed the same labour intensive traditions to sustain the country's agriculture, the nation's largest and most important industry. Now the landscape is changing. Technology and rising standards of living haved spurred on demands for a greater variety of farm products. Use of hybrid seeds, fertilizers and pesticides have enhanced productivity and revolutionized the economics of farming. SHOWS: SHENYANG, CHINA. RECENT. WS exterior of many workers planting in the fields, pan across the field, medium shot of women stooping and planting, wide of more workers; WS exterior of tents, pan to interior of tent, where farmers are working; CU of man spraying his plants, medium shot of the farmer; SOT Guo Xi, SB in Mandarin, "The main things are: the seeds and the agricultural methods are different from the past. In the past, we used old planting methods, of plant however much you want, not caring about the number of seeds you used, now we use scientific means of control. The output is higher than before." ; LS wide exterior of the tents, and plants with plastic coverings in the soil; Pan from glass ceiling of the greenhouse to the colourful flowers underneath, CUs of flowers; SOT Bai Jin You, the Director of the Liaoning Flower Centre, SB in Mandarin, "The fresh flower industry is a high investment, high output, and high technology industry. Of course, it is also high risk. The entire flower industry should be considered as a major part of agriculture."; CA to glass ceiling and overhead pipes; SOT Bai, SB in Mandarin continued, "Let's say we are planting lilies, if we plant the Casablanca variety, we can have 10,000 to 13,000 lilies per acre. The average income from this is 100 times higher than that of corn."; Fade in, CU of overhead sprinkler; CU of flowers, wide of greenery in greenhouse, pan to colourful flowers; WS exterior of greenhouse, pan down the length of the exterior. 2.39 You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c20cf3f4e6fd46d2e2c1aa93d0838d76 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork