"Green bullet" innovations aim to feed world of 9 billion

In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks.

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Publication Date: 
02/05/2012
Laurie Goering
Reuters
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Rice, Agriculture, Philippines, Floods, Kenya, India, Food Security, Climate Change, IPCC, Subsidies, Green Revolution, Africa, Drought, Natural Disasters, Asia, Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation, Food Supply, China, Carbon Dioxide, Sea Level Rise, Maize, Wheat, Food Crops, Biofuel