The sustainable future of global agriculture: Mr. Yuan – Father of Hybrid Rice

‘Zero hunger’  is one of the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals.

Sustainability is not only about climate change, responsible consumption, and renewable energy…… It is embedded into our daily life – Food. Food security is often ignored in the contemporary world as people always put their attention on other popular issues related to sustainability. Sustainability is also about humanity, my podcast will introduce a global hero and an agricultural giant who feed the entire world with his own finding – hybrid rice.

References

Food and Agriculture Organisation. (2022). Hunger. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.              https://www.fao.org/hunger/en/

International Rice Research Institute. (2021, May 24). “Father of Hybrid Rice” Yuan Longping’s Legacy: An agricultural innovation that helps feed the world. CGIAR. https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/father-of-hybrid-rice-yuan-longpings-legacy-an-agricultural-innovation-that-helps-feed-the-world/

Smith, H. (2021, May 26). Yuan Longping, whose hybrid rice helped feed the world, dies at 90. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/yuan-longping-dead/2021/05/25/e23a377e-bd5a-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html

Yuan, L.-P., Fu, X.-Q., & Nations, F. and A. O. of the U. (1995). Technology of hybrid rice production. Food &      Agriculture Org.