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To grow is glorious: Yuan s lifelong quest to end hunger
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China Focus: Yuan Longping s hybrid rice still flourishing home and abroad - China News
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World leaders, representatives of international organizations and experts have been mourning the death on Saturday of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, whose lifelong research in high-yield rice varieties help feed people around the world.
Today, we mourn the passing of a true food hero. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping saved millions of people from hunger by developing the first hybrid rice strains, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs tweeted.
He passed away today at 91 (due to illness) but his legacy and his mission to end hunger lives on, it said.
Having spent over five decades in hybrid rice research, Yuan, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has helped China work a great wonder feeding nearly one-fifth of the world s population with less than 9 percent of the world s total land.
Xinhua Headlines: Farewell to father of hybrid rice Yuan Longping
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25 May 2021, 02:06 GMT+10 Yuan Longping, whose high-yield hybrid rice helped fend off hunger in the world s most populous country and beyond, died of illness on Saturday. His memorial service in the city of Changsha attracted tens of thousands of mourners, including many arriving from other cities to see Grandpa Yuan for the last time. The mourning crowd stripped the city s florists bare of chrysanthemums. Condolences came from across the globe. The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs called Yuan a true food hero, praising him for saving millions of people from hunger.