{"id":9662,"date":"2025-07-25T15:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/?p=9662"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:13:00","slug":"china-develops-gm-super-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/china-develops-gm-super-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"China Develops GM Super-Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Ken Rietz<\/p>\n<p>A top priority for China is food security, which makes rice a top commodity. China has an aggressive program of genetic modifications (GM) to rice, with varying degrees of success.\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/75hszwcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001DuqAY0fmJ5magruS7jNCzSlzinwVr_mz47G2Z5-T7lQINU4GzbFuYDSHPU60inQaRSaM4FYgWAZRARlMTmjwk-zLl5P31W3B5z34wBnzjm82zIOv-hJyS-81XJtj30GSRqdxepfjctDAPEjo0iMchTx3vyBqcTVofJlJxOPTzr_k3IKdjRGfKlTqMFNeS6K9UqwHOAUivTksAboHxeNrn0DUCJYN9tjuxw_Kwi2Sq_akTC_WK-pzr6MgeO8zwt17slhYApeMNAzR8Gm-MS6WXBRdZDXRx43SrnO0pqxNrHTr5wxMmyyNrg==&amp;c=v6RLNuDyT0v9tUoJdMsI8EI5QWchyGFE4JZ8YR3z8XamBn65V8SUsA==&amp;ch=y5dMc6lObPyfjZo3gwL5JA0jZkjOiSPTPrtNkwo3p6D_XoH8bRqKAg==\" href=\"https:\/\/75hszwcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001DuqAY0fmJ5magruS7jNCzSlzinwVr_mz47G2Z5-T7lQINU4GzbFuYDSHPU60inQaRSaM4FYgWAZRARlMTmjwk-zLl5P31W3B5z34wBnzjm82zIOv-hJyS-81XJtj30GSRqdxepfjctDAPEjo0iMchTx3vyBqcTVofJlJxOPTzr_k3IKdjRGfKlTqMFNeS6K9UqwHOAUivTksAboHxeNrn0DUCJYN9tjuxw_Kwi2Sq_akTC_WK-pzr6MgeO8zwt17slhYApeMNAzR8Gm-MS6WXBRdZDXRx43SrnO0pqxNrHTr5wxMmyyNrg==&amp;c=v6RLNuDyT0v9tUoJdMsI8EI5QWchyGFE4JZ8YR3z8XamBn65V8SUsA==&amp;ch=y5dMc6lObPyfjZo3gwL5JA0jZkjOiSPTPrtNkwo3p6D_XoH8bRqKAg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Lately, they have engineered a variety of rice that is amazingly useful<\/a>.\u00a0The growing conditions of rice have some narrow requirements; lots of water, a neutral to slightly acidic soil, no salt in the soil, and mildly hot weather. The new GM variety of rice thrives without those requirements. Specifically, the rice can grow in extreme heat that would debilitating to normal rice. We look at this variety in today&#8217;s commentary. First, here is the graph of the major producers of rice in 2022\/23.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cdf199da001\/969de16b-d5b6-499e-894e-09f90465be9f.png?rdr=true\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Figure 1:\u00a0Rice grown by coun<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ry, 2022\/23. Source: S<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>a<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>is<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>a<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Many people are immedia<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ely skep<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ical of news\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0comes from China. In\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his case, however,\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>here is independen<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0verifica<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ion of\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he claims. 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However,\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>here is a highly-respec<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ed, in<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>erna<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ional, peer-reviewed journal,\u00a0Cell,\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0has\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/75hszwcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001DuqAY0fmJ5magruS7jNCzSlzinwVr_mz47G2Z5-T7lQINU4GzbFuYDSHPU60inQaU75V3zKHj1pVrr9AN0cTZc8TBsSBoWtwsVEmkl8kEqR0B6GyUXNh5vFC7AfIcHlXbKli9cFo4cDAK_kcaaYjzz9bQH0ipjZetMdWhOwsMh-2nGOl0cJrhAwftXLskIdW2n9rhfe_WRg=&amp;c=v6RLNuDyT0v9tUoJdMsI8EI5QWchyGFE4JZ8YR3z8XamBn65V8SUsA==&amp;ch=y5dMc6lObPyfjZo3gwL5JA0jZkjOiSPTPrtNkwo3p6D_XoH8bRqKAg==\" href=\"https:\/\/75hszwcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001DuqAY0fmJ5magruS7jNCzSlzinwVr_mz47G2Z5-T7lQINU4GzbFuYDSHPU60inQaU75V3zKHj1pVrr9AN0cTZc8TBsSBoWtwsVEmkl8kEqR0B6GyUXNh5vFC7AfIcHlXbKli9cFo4cDAK_kcaaYjzz9bQH0ipjZetMdWhOwsMh-2nGOl0cJrhAwftXLskIdW2n9rhfe_WRg=&amp;c=v6RLNuDyT0v9tUoJdMsI8EI5QWchyGFE4JZ8YR3z8XamBn65V8SUsA==&amp;ch=y5dMc6lObPyfjZo3gwL5JA0jZkjOiSPTPrtNkwo3p6D_XoH8bRqKAg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">an ar<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>icle on\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his varie<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>y of rice,<\/a>\u00a0and suppor<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>s\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he asser<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ion\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0is highly resis<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>an<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o ex<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>reme\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>empera<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ures.\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>he gene<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ic modifica<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ions change a hormone in\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he plan<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0will respond\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he environmen<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>al s<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ressor, like ex<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>reme hea<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>.\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>he ac<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>iva<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ed hormone crea<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>es a shield for each cell, allowing i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o survive\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he s<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ressor.\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>his is exac<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ly\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he s<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ressor\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he journal ar<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>icle verifies, bu<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0also makes i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0plausible\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he modified hormone can coun<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>erac<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he o<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>her s<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ressors as well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>he asser<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ions are qui<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>e impressive.\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>he Chinese have plan<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ed\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his rice in\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he upper Yang<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>se valley, known specifically for i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>s high\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>empera<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ures and we<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0environmen<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>.\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>he modified rice was able\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o ou<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>produce s<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>andard rice by abou<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a078%. Jus<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>empera<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ure\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>olerance would open more\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>han a billion acres. Should all\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he environmen<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>al problems be resolved, a\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>al of roughly 14 billion acres could be plan<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ed over wi<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>h\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his rice, re<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>urning\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0land\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o fully arable, and providing an enormous amoun<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0of rice as well. Saline soil could produce a similar bonanza, and so on. One es<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ima<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>e is\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his rice by i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>self could reclaim 14 billion acres of arable land.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>he incredible po<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>en<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ial of\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his GM rice makes predic<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ions difficul<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>;\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>here are so many ways i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0could go. I<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0is qui<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>e likely\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0China will aggressively promo<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>e\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his rice\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>s popula<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ion. And as China&#8217;s surplus grows, i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0will be expor<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ing some of i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>s surplus, which will necessi<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>a<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>e a rebalanced global rice marke<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>. China will probably begin offering\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his rice for sale\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o o<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>her coun<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ries. If\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his rice follows\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he pa<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span><span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ern of o<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>her GM grains, i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0will be s<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>erile, meaning\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he rice\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0is grown from i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0will no<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0be usable for plan<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ing again.\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">T<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0means\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0China will be able\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o opera<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>e\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he way Monsan<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o opera<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ed for years wi<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>h i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>s corn.<\/p>\n<p>Bu<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0obs<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>acles do confron<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0China. A subs<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>an<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ial majori<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>y of\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he Chinese popula<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ion will no<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0accep<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0GM foods,\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>hinking\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>hey are no<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0heal<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>hful. Suspicions abou<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he governmen<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0will make\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his hard\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o coun<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>erac<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>. Even if China expor<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>s i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>&#8216;s GM rice, many coun<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ries ban or seriously res<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ric<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0GM food, including much of\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he EU.<\/p>\n<p>How will\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his rice affec<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he rice commodi<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>y marke<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>? I<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0will\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ake a while before\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>here is any effec<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>, since i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0will\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ake a while for\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>his new varie<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>y\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o produce enough rice\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o ma<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span><span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>er. However, i<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0is likely\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ha<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>here will be an oversupply of rice a<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0some poin<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he fu<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>ure, which will cause\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>he price of rice\u00a0<span class=\"markyco0bwm7z sbNPW\" data-markjs=\"true\">t<\/span>o crash.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ken Rietz A top priority for China is food security, which makes rice a top commodity. China has an aggressive program of genetic modifications (GM) to rice, with varying degrees of success.\u00a0Lately, they have engineered a variety of rice that is amazingly useful.\u00a0The growing conditions of rice have some narrow requirements; lots of water, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9664,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9662\/revisions\/9664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}