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Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice", was born in 1930. (learn) that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious (short) of food to eat, he chose to study agriculture and graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.
Since his graduation, Yuan (devote) his life to finding ways to produce more rice. Through intense effort, he overcame enormous technical (difficulty) to develop the first hybrid rice could be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output (great).
Today, is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China comprised of crops (generate) from Yuan's hybrid strains. Yuan's innovation has helped feed not just China，but many other countries that depend rice as well.
Though Yuan's hybrids have made him quite (wealth), he doesn't lead a life of leisure. Instead, he donates much money to support agricultural research. Despite his advanced years, Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next.
