Yuan Longping

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

21 Feb 2013

A hybrid rice developer in China has called into question an Indian farmer's contention that he had harvested 22.4 tonnes of rice on one hectare of land, breaking a world record of 19.4 tonnes set...

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Fine people who waste food, says pioneering rice scientist

25 Jan 2013

Agricultural scientist Yuan Longping has called on Beijing to stop people wasting tens of thousands of tonnes of food each year by issuing fines.

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Who said it?

25 Jan 2013

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,...

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Annan, scientist to share US$1.5m Confucius prize

2 Dec 2012

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...

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

28 Nov 2012

A farming pioneer's ambitious goal to increase the yield of hybrid rice by 11 per cent in the next three years risks making the staple more vulnerable to weather, disease and pests, agriculture...

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Annan, agriculture scientist win Confucius Peace Prize

6 Nov 2012

Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan and Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping will share this year's Confucius Peace Prize, its organiser, the China International Peace...

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Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Chinese 'peace prize' ditched after one year

The controversial 'Confucius Peace Prize', unveiled hastily last year after jailed mainland dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize amid furious protests from Beijing, has suddenly...

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Rice king sets his sights even higher

World renowned scientist Yuan Longping, a thin and tanned 81-year-old, has likened himself to a seed.

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Who said it?

[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...

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Rice yield trebles global average

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.

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Genetic 'super rice' could double grain yield by 2008

A genetically engineered 'super rice' that could double the yield of normal grain is expected to be introduced by 2008 under a joint research project by Chinese scientists from Hong Kong, the US...

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