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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 20 > Food revolt, starting with rice

Food revolt, starting with rice

Professor believes secret to solving food crisis lies in smarter growing

By William J. Broad / The Bulletin
June 20, 2008

ITHACA, N.Y. — Many a professor dreams of revolution. But Dr. Norman Uphoff, working in a leafy corner of the Cornell University campus, is leading an inconspicuous one centered on solving the global food crisis. The secret, he says, is a new way of growing rice.

Rejecting old customs....

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