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Chinese team succeeds in planting saltwater rice in Dubai's desert

By Wu Yan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-05-31 16:40
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Renowned Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping and his research team's experiment of planting saltwater-tolerant rice in desert areas of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates proved to be a success, with one type of rice yielding more than 7.5 tons per hectare, Xinhua reported.

So-called saltwater-tolerant rice is designed to grow in tidal flats or other areas with heavy salt content.

It was the world's first successful case of planting rice in a tropical desert area, standing as China's contribution to improve the capability of people in desert areas to be self-sufficient in staple foods, a move that can safeguard global food security and improve the desert ecological environment.

The rice experiment was prompted by an invitation from the private investment office of the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, according to Zhang Guodong, deputy director at the Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center in Shandong province.

The center, led by Yuan, China's "father of hybrid rice", was founded in 2016 to help expand the farming of salt-tolerant varieties of rice.

In January, the center chose dozens of types of hybrid rice and planted them on small plots of suburban desert areas neighboring Dubai.

After five months of growth, the center invited experts from India, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and other countries for evaluation, and found three types of rice yielding more than 6 tons per hectare. In June, a second evaluation will be carried out for middle-season rice.

The technology of saltwater-tolerant rice plays a key role in the success as the natural environment of the Dubai desert is harsh for rice growth.

The daytime temperatures could be as high as over 50 C, and nighttime temperatures could drop by 30 degrees. Humidity stays below 20 percent and there are sandstorms from time to time.

The biggest challenge is the desert soil, which is low in organic matter and unable to preserve soil moisture as it is totally sand and not granular in structure. To make it worse, sea water remains just 7.5 meters below the soil, which makes it easy to become saline.

With this success, the center and the private investment office of the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai plans to set up a 100-hectare experimental farmland in Dubai, to test the production costs and cultivation techniques of the saltwater-tolerant rice and prepare for further promotion.

The two parties will construct a 100-hectare standard farmland in 2019 and speed up rice planting in 2020.

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