Less-thirsty rice offers hope in drought-stricken Chile

If Chilean tests go right, rice lovers can eat staple guilt free: Paddy to drink less water

A new variety of rice, called Jaspe, has been developed by scientists. Combined with a less water-intensive growing technique, the Jaspe strain has significantly lowered water use while boosting yields in trials

Ñiquén. In the fields of southern Chile, increasingly affected by drought, a new rice seed promises to transform its cultivation: with less water, it resists more extreme climates without decreasing its productivity.

Ñiquén, Chile. In the fields of southern Chile, increasingly affected by drought, a new rice seed promises to transform its cultivation: with less water resists more extreme climates without decreasing its productivity.For millennia, humanity has flooded the rice fields to eliminate weeds and avoid pests, but water scarcity has driven a race for new techniques of production of the most consumed food in the world.In the town of Ñiquen in the regi…

Less-thirsty rice offers hope in drought-stricken Chile

A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the best place to grow rice, a famously thirsty grain that thrives in tropical conditions.

Chile develops rice capable of adapting to climate change – The Observatorial

Ñiquén. In the fields of southern Chile, more and more affected by drought, a new rice seed promises to transform its cultivation: with less water, resists more extreme climates without decreasing its productivity. During millennia, humanity has flooded rice fields to eliminate weeds and avoid pests, but water shortage has driven a race for new […]

The technique was developed by Chilean scientist Karla Cordero from the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), in the midst of the drought in the country. Read more