Chinese tech improves farmers' lives

New cultivation techniques used on Tanzania plants triple production

It was early morning in June and a village woman named Tatu sat outside her huge stone house, cooking and selling vitumbua - buns made of rice flour. She explained that the low building at the corner of the land was for poultry and rabbit farming, a new activity she was dabbling in.

But the source of her income is from rice cultivation. She lives in Dakawa village, one of Tanzania's major rice production areas. "I still love cooking for my family and it is also time for sharing," she said.