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Taipei, June 1 (CNA) A government-assisted farmers' research group in eastern Taiwan has developed "colorful" rice -- no longer rice in white, but in four different colors -- red, yellow, green and purple.

Researchers in the Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University has researched and successfully produced nodes increasing the productivity for peanut ; contributing soil improvement and environmental protection as well.

Project "Perfecting technology of linhzhi mushroom glue production and dissolved lingzhi mushroom tea" has been successfully piloted in Veteran warrior cooperative production of edible and medicinal mushrooms in Long Hung commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province.

Department of Science and Technology Hung Yen collaborated with Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Post-harvest Technology to implement the subject successfully: "Researching application of RPG-6 bio-organic fertilizer preparation improves both productivity and quality of Xa Doai oranges and Hung Yen longan".

In recent years, Planting Seed Joint Stock Company has signed cooperation with scientists from the Agriculture University in Hanoi and project JICA - Japan HUA implementation agreement for research cooperation genetics and breeding of rice in the province of Thai Nguyen.

By transgenic methods, Chinese scientists have successfully developed two new dairy cows, a type of cow can contain less lactose and dairy one contains a lot of Omega-3 fatty acids.

Chinese researchers have identified a gene important in increasing grain can do extremely well simultaneously yield and quality of rice.

Coastal forest in the Mekong Delta is being narrowed while the sea is infiltrating deeply into the mainland.

From July 1 this year, the Government will provide subsidies to rice farmers if their crops are damaged due to natural disasters, in addition to their regular annual subsidies.