Farmers in China, Uganda move to high-yielding, cost-saving perennial rice
Urbana IL (SPX) Nov 08, 2022
After more than 9,000 years in cultivation, annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial. The advancement means farmers can plant just once and reap up to eight harvests without sacrificing yield, an important step change relative to "ratooning," or cutting back annual rice to obtain second, weaker harvest. A new report in Nature Sustainability chronicles agronomic, economi