{"id":933,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/new-saltwater-rice-grown-in-china-can-feed-millions-of-people\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T18:17:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T10:17:57","slug":"new-saltwater-rice-grown-in-china-can-feed-millions-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/new-saltwater-rice-grown-in-china-can-feed-millions-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"New Saltwater Rice Grown in China Can Feed Millions of People"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Chinese scientists have made an agricultural breakthrough that could feed more than 200 million people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The scientists, from the Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center announced on Tuesday that they were growing high-yield rice in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">saltwater<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FuGI72n0Hk8Ama7UUYnZkIM3pWQz?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"33165e93675defa156ae4a94105010e8.jpg\" width=\"698\" height=\"392\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Photo: \u00a0Apd<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/news\/\" title=\"View all posts in news\" >news<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The new strain had been previously tried and tested, but these scientists reportedly managed to nearly triple yields, to 4.5 metric tons per hectare, making it ready for commercialization.<\/p>\n<p>Saltwater cultivation may boost China\u2019s rice production by nearly 20 percent and will be able to feed more than 200 million people, according to research leader Yuan Longping, known as China\u2019s &#8220;father of hybrid rice&#8221; for his pioneering work in this field.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrF4ugBssyH2uWCNdIke_B1MWU0C?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"0656e435a0f60898c4db5e05f755a962.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"460\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Photo: Apdnews<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The scientists from the Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center announced on Tuesday that they were growing high-yield rice in saltwater.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmMYJLUAX8fcSaPDDd8MLjYVhA_Q?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20171026111527.png\" width=\"583\" height=\"321\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">Photo: Sohu<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The new type of hybrid rice has been grown among 200 varieties of rice in Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China\u2019s Shandong Province. The researchers pumped and <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/diluted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diluted<\/a> seawater from the Yellow Sea, and then channeled it into the rice paddy fields.<\/p>\n<p>Diluted seawater rice has already gone on sale. However, at 50 yuan (7.50 US dollars) a kilo, the new variety is eight times more expensive than traditional rice.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Apdnews<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"gic.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists have made an agricultural breakthrough that could feed more than 200 million people. 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