Development of Super Hybrid Rice for Food Security in China

摘要

The current population in China is over 1.3 billion and will reach 1.4 billion soon.Meanwhile, China's arable land is decreasing year by year.Facing such a severe situation of population-growth pressure plus cropland reduction, it is obvious that the only way to solve the food shortage problem is to greatly enhance the yield level of food crops per unit of land area through advances in science and technology.Thus,we are currently carrying out three yield-increasing projects.