Villagers pollinate Baozhu pears with a homemade pollinator on March 25. [Photo provided by the publicity department of Chenggong district]

Now is the best time to prepare for spring plowing. Farmers in Yunnan begin spring farming in hopes of a bumper harvest amid the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.

Farmers in Dali prepare organic fertilizer for papaya on March 11. [Photo provided by the media convergence center of Eryuan county]

Farmers of the Lahu ethnic group from Yunnan plant rice seedlings on March 26. [Jiang Wenyao/Xinhua]

Farmers of the Lahu ethnic group from Yunnan plant rice seedlings on March 26. [Jiang Wenyao/Xinhua]

Drones help plant potatoes in Honghe prefecture on March 5. [Photo provided by the publicity department of Shiping county.]

A farmer is spraying pesticides in the potato fields on March 26. [Photo provided by the publicity department of Shiping county.]

Villagers in Jinning plow fields on March 2. [Photo provided by the publicity department of Jinning district.]

Villagers work in pea fields on March 24. [Photo provided by the publicity department of Jinning district.]

Farmers in Zhaotong plant potatoes on March 15. [Photo provided by the media convergence center of Yongshan county] 

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(Editors: Christine, Rachel)