World Hunger Award,1993
Food Safety Award,1995
World Food Prize,2004
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National Invention of Special Grade . 1981,6,6.
National Top Science and Technology Award .2001.2.19
More than 11 international awards
Science rize,1987
introduction
• Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator, known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. His "hybrid rice" has since been grown in dozens of countries in Africa, America, and Asia —providing a robust food source in high famine risk areas.
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Mr. Yuan won the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China in 2000, the Wolf Prize in agriculture and the World Food Prize in 2004. He is currently is DirectorGeneral of the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center and has been appointed as Professor at Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha. •.
Discovers
• In 1960, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice. • In 1973, he succeed in developing 3 departments method. • In 1987, the two-line research were classified as a national "863" project. • In 1995, two-line hybrid rice was produced and applicated in large area.
Yuan Longping
Father of Hybrid Rice
• • • • • • Name: Yuan Longping Born: Sep 1, 1930 Birthplace: Beijing Nationality: Chinese Major：Agriculture Inventions： hybrid rice
achievements • Director of China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center • Chief adviser of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization • Foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences