“袁老师,这是我们农场今年的新米。”
蒙蒙细雨中,穆萨·达博双手捧着一袋非洲产的中国杂交水稻稻米恭敬地摆放在袁隆平院士墓前,水雾模糊了他的视线。
As rain fell, Musa Darboe, a Gambian farmer, stood before the grave of the late Chinese scientist Yuan Longping in Changsha, Hunan province, to pay his respects to the "father of hybrid rice".
6月11日上午,冈比亚农民穆萨双手捧着一袋非洲产的中国杂交水稻稻米,恭敬地摆放在袁隆平院士墓前
6月11日上午,这位人生轨迹因一粒种子而发生改变的冈比亚农民终于如愿再次踏上了湖南的土地,见到了他思念已久的袁老师。
“袁老师,您的种子在冈比亚生根了,我们不再挨饿了……”
穆萨的手紧握稻米,眼睛望着墓碑的方向久久凝视。
“人就像种子,要做一粒好种子。”
"Professor Yuan, your seeds have taken root in Gambia. We are no longer hungry," Darboe said. "Just like you said, people are like seeds, and one must strive to be a good seed."
今年47岁的穆萨是冈比亚玛诺农场的农场主,他曾在美国工作。2019年,穆萨因父亲去世回到了冈比亚,继承了父亲的农场,但迎接他的,却是泥泞的未来。
长期以来,冈比亚由于农业技术落后、机械化水平低,大米主要依赖进口,没有任何技术指导的穆萨,第一年种植水稻就碰了壁。仅种植了3公顷,还是用“油桶打谷粒”的原始方式来收稻子。收获时正逢雨季,大量稻谷泡水发芽,损失惨重。
“我当时对水稻种植技术并不了解,而且冈比亚的农业机械化水平非常低,没有人教我怎么做,我甚至一度想放弃这一切。”
Gambia used to rely heavily on imported rice, due to outdated agricultural technology, low mechanization levels and small-scale rice cultivation. In 2018, following his father's death, Darboe returned to his African home from the United States to manage the family farm.
黄智和穆萨交流水稻种植经验
正当他准备放弃时,中国农业专家黄智带领的隆平高科团队来到冈比亚,怀抱着改变家乡粮食短缺困境的愿望,穆萨成了袁隆平院士的异国学生并多次到湖南学习农业生产技术。
当第一台插秧机开进农场时,穆萨兴奋着感叹:“这是我父亲那代人想都不敢想的奇迹。”
Fortunately, Huang Zhi and his team of experts from Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co arrived in Gambia. They shared their techniques, from plowing and planting to harvesting and processing.
When the first rice transplanter entered the farm, Darboe marveled at it, recalling that "this was a miracle my father's generation wouldn't have dared to dream of".
穆萨的农场
在中国援非农业专家支持下,短短5年时间,穆萨的农场不断扩大,服务周边农户面积达2000公顷,生产从手工脱粒变为全程机械化,单产跃升至均产约7吨/公顷,是当地平均产量的2-3倍。
The transition from manual threshing to mechanization saw yields surge to an average of 7 tons per hectare — two to three times the average local yield. Over the next five years, Darboe's farm expanded from three hectares to 100.
“我必须把最深的感谢献给中国、献给袁隆平老师!”
穆萨将一幅色彩明丽的油画放到袁隆平墓前,“这是冈比亚第一座全机械化农场,我的农场。”
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记者:邹硕 何纯
编辑:焦洁
来源:湖南日报 三湘都市报 中国日报 新华社
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