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Yuan Longping
Helping develop high-yield hybrid rice for large-scale cultivation.
Hybrid rice system · Wider planting
- Born
- 7 September 1930
- Birthplace
- Beijing, China
- Died
- 22 May 2021
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Yuan Longping
Yuan Longping was a Chinese agronomist whose team’s work made hybrid rice a major agricultural technology.
Early life
Wartime childhood
His family moved during the war with Japan.
Agriculture
Studied agricultural science before becoming a teacher and researcher.
Career
- 1950s
Teaching
Worked at an agricultural school in Hunan.
- 1960s–1970s
Hybrid research
Pursued methods to produce reliable hybrid rice seed.
- Later decades
Expansion
Led further breeding work and international training.
Contributions
Hybrid rice system
His team helped develop practical seed-production methods.
Wider planting
Hybrid varieties entered large-scale cultivation in China.
World Food Prize
Shared the prize with rice breeder Monty Jones.
Beyond the lab
International training
Worked to spread hybrid-rice expertise beyond China.
Food security
Focused on increasing yields from limited agricultural land.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗World Food Prize: 2004 laureates ↗Nature: scientific obituary ↗Photo: China News Service. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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