Why didn’t the rest of Asia get a taste for Chinese hero Yuan Longping’s hybrid rice? (MSN)

MSN published an article on China’s various types of rice and Yuan Longping, the Chinese agronomist who became a national hero by developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. Suresh Babu, director of the Capacity Strengthening Program remains in awe of Yuan’s achievements and how he “made a worldwide impact in understanding hybridization technology in crops like rice.” Like many other rice lovers from outside China, Babu finds that hybrid rice “lacks the distinctive qualities of local meals, (things) like color, smell, and taste.” (Reach 42M) Republished in South China Morning Post, MSN Malaysia, and MSN SG.