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Also known as Longping Yuan

Chinese biologist (1930-2021)

Person · Open Library

Born
1930
Works
4

Top works

  • Za jiao shui dao shi zen yang yu cheng de
  • Chao ji za jiao dao yan jiu
  • Yuan Longping lun wen ji =
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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
China
Active from
1930
Active to
2021

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Key facts

Chairman
Liu Zheng → Liu Fusheng → Wang Keying → Hu Biao → Chen Qiufa
Born
( 1930-09-07 ) September 7, 1930, Peking Union Medical College Hospital , Beijing , China
Died
May 22, 2021 (2021-05-22) (aged 90), Xiangya Hospital , Changsha , Hunan , China
Spouse
Deng Ze ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ⁠ – ⁠ 2021 ) ​
Education
High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University
Alma mater
Southwest Agricultural College
Occupation
Inventor
Profession
Agronomist
Known for
Hybrid rice
Awards
State Preeminent Science and Technology Award (2001), Wolf Prize in Agriculture (2004), World Food Prize (2004), Confucius Peace Prize (2012), Order of the Republic (2019)
Simplified chinese
袁隆平
Traditional chinese
袁隆平
Hanyu pinyin
Yuán Lóngpíng
Wade giles
Yuan Lung-p'ing
Ipa
[ɥɛ ̌ n lʊ ̌ ŋ pʰi ̌ ŋ]

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Encyclopedic overview

Yuan Longping (Chinese: 袁隆平; pinyin: Yuán Lóngpíng; September 7, 1930 – May 22, 2021) was a Chinese agronomist and inventor. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, part of the Green Revolution in agriculture. For his contributions, Yuan is known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice". Yuan was bestowed the Medal of the Republic, the highest honorary medal of the People's Republic of China, in September 2019.

Hybrid rice has since been grown in dozens of countries in Africa, America, and Asia—boosting food security and providing a robust food source in areas with a high risk of famine. The technology allowed China to sustain 20% of the global population on 9% of global arable land, an achievement in food security for which he was awarded the 2004 World Food Prize and the 2004 Wolf Prize in Agriculture respectively.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yuan Longping” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.