Search results

1. News - China

   Fine people who waste food, says pioneering rice scientist

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am by Fiona Tam

   ... News China Yuan Longping father of hybrid rice Fiona Tam fiona.tam@scmp.com 'Father of hybrid rice' slams the excess of sumptuous official banquets Agricultural scientist Yuan Longping has called on Beijing to stop people wasting tens of thousands of tonnes of food each year by issuing fines. Yuan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering who is known as "the ... new --> newgalileo Jan 25th 2013 1:13pm In my book Toxic Capitalism I detail some of the waste in food, not only in developing countries such as the USA, but unfortunately also in China and in Hong Kong. Yuan Longping is right to raise the alarm as the waste of food is sometimes shocking, like in the banquets and even in universities. Fines are not enough, education is even more ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135460/fine-people-who-waste-food-says-pioneering-rice-scientist
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Who said it?

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Yuan Longping Kim Jong-un Hillary Clinton I suggest the government prohibit wasting food by treating it as a kind of crime Rice scientist Yuan Longping   The false report … is a hideous criminal act which the party, state, army and people can never tolerate Pyongyang's official mouthpiece on claims that Kim Jong-un had plastic surgery   Watching ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1135366/who-said-it
3. News - China - CONFUCIUS PEACE PRIZE

   Annan, scientist to share US$1.5m Confucius prize

   Posted Dec 02nd 2012, 12:00am by RAYMOMD LI

   ... News China Confucius Peace Prize Kofi Annan Yuan Longping Raymond Li Raymond.li@scmp.com The two recipients for this year's Confucius Peace Prize, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan and Chinese agriculture Professor Yuan Longping, will share a record US$1.5 million cash award, the China International Peace Studies Centre, the prize's organiser said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1095244/annan-scientist-share-us15m-confucius-prize
4. News - China - CONFUCIUS PEACE PRIZE

   Annan, agriculture scientist win Confucius Peace Prize

   Posted Nov 06th 2012, 12:00am by Raymond Li

   ... News China Confucius Peace Prize Kofi Annan Yuan Longping Raymond Li raymond.li@scmp.com Former UN chief and agricultural scientist who hybridised a high-yielding variety of rice to receive Beijing's alternative to Oslo's award Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan and Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping will share this year's Confucius ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1075707/annan-agriculture-scientist-win-confucius-peace-prize
5. News - China

   China's 'father of rice' throws doubt on Indian record holder

   Posted Feb 21st 2013, 10:48am by Amy Li

   ... the herbicide-free method have reported higher yields with fewer seeds and less water and chemicals,  according to a report by The Guardian . World renowned agricultural scientist Yuan Longping, the previous ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1155271/chinas-father-rice-throws-doubt-indian-record-holder
6. News - China - FOOD

   Bid to lift hybrid rice yield to 15 tonnes a hectare slammed

   Posted Nov 28th 2012, 03:00am by STEPHEN CHEN

   ... risks making the staple more vulnerable to weather, disease and pests, agriculture experts have warned. Professor Yuan Longping, whose work in the 1970s made him China's "father ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1092631/bid-lift-hybrid-rice-yield-15-tonnes-hectare-slammed
7. Who said it?

   Posted Sep 20th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Yuan Longping Environment [The advance] increases Chinese people's confidence that they can feed themselves Hybrid rice breeder Yuan Longping on his 'super rice' Even if you put a gun to my head, I still would not reveal the name ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/979602/who-said-it
8. Chinese 'peace prize' ditched after one year

   Posted Sep 30th 2011, 12:00am

   ... hand-picked by Beijing. Others included Microsoft founder Bill Gates, German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel, South African President Jacob Zuma, Yuan Longping, a Chinese agricultural scientist called ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/980521/chinese-peace-prize-ditched-after-one-year
9. Rice yield trebles global average

   Posted Sep 20th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Yuan Longping Environment Mandy Zuo mandy.zuo@scmp.com A 'super rice' developed by hybrid rice breeder Yuan Longping has yielded a record 13.9 tonnes per hectare, more than triple the world average, agricultural experts said yesterday. The latest ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/979562/rice-yield-trebles-global-average
10. Rice king sets his sights even higher

    Posted Sep 26th 2011, 12:00am

    ... Yuan Longping Environment Mandy Zuo mandy.zuo@scmp.com World renowned scientist Yuan Longping, a thin and tanned 81-year-old, has likened himself to a seed. After five decades of researching hybrid rice in the field, the former Hunan provincial teacher once ...

    http://beta.scmp.com/article/980154/rice-king-sets-his-sights-even-higher

Pages