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In a coup for China’s push for food security, a research field in the eastern province of Shandong has hosted a world record-breaking peanut yield, state media reported on Saturday.
The yield of 12,980kg (28,600lb) per hectare is a breakthrough for researchers at the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) who have been working to increase the yield of peanuts for more than two decades, according to a Shandong TV report.
The yield from the 4 hectare (10 acre) field was 3.4 times the national crop average of 3,780kg per hectare, Tang Song, director of economic crop technology at the National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Centre said, according to Shandong TV.
During a tour to northeast China’s Heilongjiang province early this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised the importance of developing science and technology within agriculture in the continued national bid for food security, according to state news agency Xinhua.
