Farmer Xu Yuejin looks around at his "Yongyou 12" rice crop in a demonstration field in Bailiangqiao village in Zhejiang province on Nov 29, 2012. The rice breed, Yongyou 12, reaches a yield of 14.45 tons a hectare, breaking the record for three consecutive years. The rice breed has been promoted across the nation in recent years and 156,700 hectares grew across the country in 2011, increasing the output by hundreds of thousands of tons. [Photo/Xinhua]
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