After more than 9,000 years in cultivation, annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial. The advancement means farmers can plant just once and reap as many as eight harvests without sacrificing yield, an important step change relative to “ratooning,” or cutting back annual rice to obtain second weaker harvest.
Farmers move to better perennial rice
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Perennial rice variety PR25 in Menghai, Yunnan, China.
The 13th season of perennial rice variety PR23 in Xinping, Yunnan, China.
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