Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Asian Farmers May Sow 'Super Rice' in Two Years.
Wed Sep 18,12:25 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Farmers in key rice-producing Asian countries are expected to start growing high-yielding "super rice" in two to three years to feed rising populations, a senior scientist from a non-government organization said.

Use of the hybrid rice, now grown on 50,000 hectares of farmland in China and being tested abroad, is expected to expand steadily, Gurdev Khush, consultant at the International Rice Research Institute, told Reuters late Tuesday.

Whoo. That's good news for me!


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