Hybrid rice technology development: Ensuring China’s food security
China has used hybrid rice technology to help feed more than 20 percent of the world’s population using just 10 percent of the world’s total arable land. Hybrid rice allowed for a 14 percent reduction in total rice-growing acreage since 1978, while total rice production has increased 44.1 percent. Y...
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| Format: | Artículo preliminar |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2009
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161878 |
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