{"id":940,"date":"2023-11-12T16:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growersforbiotechnology.org\/?p=940"},"modified":"2023-11-22T16:31:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:31:14","slug":"how-chinas-gmo-rice-is-making-salinated-land-arable-for-cotton-and-other-seasonal-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growersforbiotechnology.org\/2023\/11\/12\/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":"<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<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<div data-qa=\"Component-Component\">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.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"useTrackViewedPercentageRender-trackViewedPercentageRenders-TrackPercentageBlock\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"Component-Component\">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.<\/div>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\">China plans to\u00a0<a class=\"e1gqgo070 e1s1ou6f1 css-1ankfgb ef1hf1w0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/economic-indicators\/article\/3218317\/china-ups-food-security-drive-plans-grow-90-cent-its-grain-2032-warning-us-and-thai-farmers?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\"><span class=\"css-0 e1s1ou6f0\" data-qa=\"Component-Text\">grow nearly 90 per cent of its grain<\/span><\/a>, including rice, wheat, corn and soybeans, by 2032 amid the national food-security push.<\/p>\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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3238122\/china-food-security-advanced-rice-thriving-where-most-vegetation-dies-salt-deserts-xinjiang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>This is an excerpt. 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