https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1266379.shtml
"Many places across China have launched a new round of saline-alkali tolerant
rice - or better known as "seawater rice" - transplanting this week, aiming to
increase output as the country strives to ensure food security amid an
increasingly uncertain global food market.
The domestic planting area of "seawater rice" surpassed 600,000
mu (40,000
hectares) by the end of 2021, and it is projected to exceed 1 million
mu in
2022, the Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center
told the Global Times on Sunday.
"China has 1.5 billion
mu of saline-alkali soil and 3 million
mu can be
improved," Wan Jili, director of the technology R&D department of the center,
told the Global Times on Monday. She noted that the goal of improving 1 million
mu of saline-alkali soil in 2022 will be a milestone."
Via Future Crunch Jun 1, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-ebola-electric-trucks-super-reserve/
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