{"id":9834,"date":"2023-10-31T17:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=9834"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:43:32","slug":"how-chinas-gmo-rice-is-making-salinated-land-arable-for-cotton-and-other-seasonal-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/how-chinas-gmo-rice-is-making-salinated-land-arable-for-cotton-and-other-seasonal-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"How China\u2019s GMO rice is making salinated land arable for cotton and other seasonal crops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-191.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-191.png 800w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-191-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-191-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-191-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: Robert Simmon and NASA Earth Observatory via CC0-1.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the rim of Xinjiang\u2019s desert, in a region where the soil is so salty that most vegetation refuses to grow, China is touting rising outputs of salt-tolerant rice as further evidence that its food-security drive has taken root.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beijing expects rising yields of genetically modified crops, especially in remote and rural areas where arable soil is rare, to help serve as a long-term solution to ensuring that the nation\u2019s 1.4 billion people are kept fed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salt-tolerant rice, also known as sea rice or saline-alkali tolerant rice, has been a research and development priority in China for years due to the country\u2019s significant issues with soil salinity and alkalinity in various regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rice cultivation also serves to wash away salts and counteract soil alkalinity, and rice is part of a rotation system with other crops such as cotton. This helps prevent desertification, reduces soil salinity, and mitigates pest and disease issues, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China plans to\u00a0grow nearly 90 per cent of its grain, including rice, wheat, corn and soybeans, by 2032 amid the national food-security push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2023, the State Council said China needs to develop various non-traditional arable land resources, and \u201covercome the natural constraints of traditional arable land scarcity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Robert Simmon and NASA Earth Observatory via CC0-1.0 On the rim of Xinjiang\u2019s desert, in a region where the soil is so salty that most vegetation refuses to grow, China is touting rising outputs of salt-tolerant rice as further evidence that its food-security drive has taken root. 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