The Miracle Grain of the East: How Hybrid Rice 'Shanyou 63' Redefined Food Security
Fuzhou, Sanming, Youxi, Jianyang, Shaxian, Longhai, Xianyou, Zhangpu, Lianjiang, Minhou, Nan’an, Tong’an, Sanya (Hainan), Vietnam (Champa) The rice in your bowl might have come from a seed that changed the fate of a nation. In 1988, inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, a middle-aged scientist from Sanming received the highest honor—the First Class National Science and Technology Progress Award. His name was Xie Hua’an. The variety he held in his hands was called “Shanyou 63.” ...