Agriculture Special: Agro-project aims for sustainable, efficient farming

With the burning sun above his head and sweat soaking his shirt, 51-year-old farmer Wang Jingzhong carefully examined the rice seedlings in his 30-hectare farm.

He was anxious to see other farmers spraying pesticide in their fields earlier this month, but technicians from Bayer CropScience told him not to worry as the solution featured low pesticide use but high crop yield.

Wang has run the farm since last year when he took part in the land trust project in Hanshan county of Anhui province.