Yuan Longping, the "Father of Hybrid Rice"

Yuan Long Ping is derector-general of China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Centre in Central China's Hunan Province. He had been dubbed the "father of hybrid rice"
When they people first see him, they would thought he was a farmer. Like a farmer he often works in the field, but he not only plants the rices, but also do research on the plants.
He came up with the idea of hybridizing the rice for the first time in the world in 1960s. After that he devoted most of his life growing rice in paddyfields. He has conducted extensive research related to the cultivation of new strains of hybrid rice in some ten provinces.
In 1999, more than 300 million kilograms of grain were increased from about 240 million hectares of hybrid rice, which signified the sucess of his research. The "Super Rice" yields are 30 percent higher htan those of common rice. His scientific breakthrough has fed millions of people in the world's most populous country.
But even after that achievement, Yuan won't take a break. He has a dream that popularizing new strains of grain with higher yields around the world to elimiate starvation on earch.
The FAO's 1991 statistics show that 20 percent of the world's rice output was yielded from 10 percent of the world's rice fields, which grow hybrid rice. His "Super Rice" has been introduced to more than 20 countries.
Because of Yuan Longping's contribution to the world, most Chinese people believe that he should be awarded " Nobel Prize".