Vo Tong Xuan, a leading rice expert, said when he visited other countries to learn about rice markets, he met many overseas Vietnamese who wished they could buy the special rice which was formerly available.
However, many specialty rice varieties are no longer grown on Vietnam rice fields as farmers focus on high-yield varieties.
| Many of Vietnam’s precious rice varieties only exist in the national plant gene bank and yet to be used commercially. |
Xuan has tried to prove that if scientists and businesses join forces to restore precious rice varieties, they will succeed because the demand is high. As people’s income has improved, they want to buy better products.
TH True Milk is moving ahead with the project on restoring Vietnam’s specialty rice varieties. It will use world’s most advanced technologies, Vietnamese brainpower and natural resources will be used to create special rice products for the world market. Tiếp tục đọc “Specialty rice: the path from the gene bank to the market”
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