“Father of hybrid rice” Yuan Longping passed away at 13:07 pm in Changsha of Hunan province, Xinhua reported on Saturday.
The well-known agronomist (农学家) was born on the ninth day of the seventh month in 1930 of Our Chinese lunar calendar. He is famous for developing the first hybrid rice strains. He has helped save not only China but also the world from starvation. When China was faced with food shortage, he helped China create a great miracle, feeding nearly one-fifth of the world's population with less than 9 percent of the world's total land. When hundreds and thousands of people around the world were suffering from hunger, the hybrid rice was grown on a large scale in other countries, raising output and helping pull them out of hunger.
Data shows that in China, the planting area of hybrid rice is over 16 million hectares (公顷). It is about 57 percent of the total planting area of rice. And the hybrid rice has helped feed about 80 million people every year.
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