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Tomorrow: Food for Starving People. Down the Road: Better Krispy Treats

Jul 30, 2007

This weekend, the Wall Street Journal had a front-page feature story on the International Rice Research Institute, the megafacility outside Manila aiming to problems facing the rice-growing community. Scientists there are working with "high-tech rice" that can be grown in unusual or challenging environmental conditions, perform photosynthesis differently, and more.

 

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