How a new strain of rice is offering hope in drought-stricken Chile

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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. But a new strain of the world's favorite cereal developed by scientists in the drought-plagued South American country has generated hope that rice can be grown in seemingly inhospitable conditions.

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00:46The farmers are having less water supply

00:50and in the world happens the same.

00:52Many of the areas where there is a large amount of rice that is consumed today

00:55are suffering from sequia.

00:57So, in this problem, we tried to find a solution

01:01and that came through the creation of this new production technique

01:06that we call the rice climatically intelligent.

01:22The rice was always inundated.

01:24Basically, like I said, the old people were accustomed to the inundation

01:29either by different factors like the control of the malaise,

01:33or temperature,

01:35and perhaps by comfort.

01:37And to be able to make a smooth change such as this,

01:40which is bringing the rice to the rice,

01:42it's basically a historical effect,

01:46a historical effect for the future.

01:48It's the future, and we have to do it.

02:00It's the future, and we have to do it.

02:13If we want a better well-being for ourselves,

02:15to have food security,

02:17and to worry about the environment,

02:19the environment,

02:20this is the way.

02:21I agree with you,

02:22and I hope it might take a long time.

02:23Thanks for coming.

02:24Thanks!

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