Pakistani scientist develops world highest yielding rice strain

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A Pakistani scientist, Dr Fida M Abbasi has developed Super NPT technology which is a unique technology for increasing the rice production of the country.
Dr Abbasi had been serving at Hazara University Mansehra as a professor at the Department of Genetics.
By applying this technology the number of grains per panicle of rice plant had been increased from 250 to 700. The production had been increased from 5 ton per hectare to 15 ton per hectare, while the new strain of rice was 6 feet tall with a thick stem, large and heavy panicle of 50centimeters and would bear700 grains. Dr Abbasi claimed that such kind of rice did not exist in the world and this rice could be grown by using less water.
Rice production in Pakistan had always held an extremely important position in the agriculture and national economy of Pakistan. It had been the second most important crop in bringing economic prosperity to the growers and had also earned billions of rupees for the country through its export.
Pakistan is the world’s fourth largest producer of rice, after China, India and Indonesia. Each year, it had been producing an average of 6 million tonnes and together with the rest of the Indian subcontinent, the country had also been responsible for supplying 30% of the world’s paddy rice output. Most of these crops are grown in the fertile Sindh and Punjab region with millions of farmers relying on rice cultivation as their major source of income.
Pakistan had been exporting high-quality basmati rice which would sell at a substantial premium in high-income markets, as well as intermediate and low quality non-aromatic long grain milled rice to developing countries, mostly located in East Africa where it had been competing with China, Vietnam, and India.
Pakistan’s rice production was very low and cost of production was very high as compared to other rice producing countries. Due to this low production our export price had remained very high when compared to our competitors.
It was the main reason that the country’s rice exports witnessed an alarming decline of around 35% during the past couple of months against exports recorded during the corresponding months last year. Meanwhile, the record decline in export price of non-Basmati rice from India was creating tough competition for the domestic products in the international market.
According to sources, the decline in exports was mainly because of the less competitiveness of Pakistani rice in the international markets in terms of its price as major exporter and competitor India had reduced the export price of the commodity by 16 to 17% in the international market.
Major rice importing countries, especially the Middle East, are looking towards India which had become the second largest exporter of rice in the world this year.
The introduction of the new type of rice would be greatly helpful in boosting the country’s exports. In addition, by converting Basmati as well as non-basmati rice into Super NPT and then growing it, the country would get economic benefits of Rs. 50 billion per year. This rice would also bring a second green revolution in the world.
The senior management of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Hazara University Mansehra Vice Chancellor congratulated Dr Abbasi over this great achievement.

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14 COMMENTS

  1. Thats big news for rice farmers. When its coming to market? This is a million dollar question.. lolxx

      • Heartiest congratulation Dr. Fida M Abbasi! Thats really a great news for Pakistan as well! Can I find something about super NPT technology? Its really make me curious, we can grow like wheat (less water require). It would be appreciate, if you let me know anything about this new technology or still its confidential?

  3. Indeed, it is extremely satisfying to learn the distinct achievement of Dr. Fida in field of agriculture leading to economic growth of the country. Heartiest congratulations Dr Sahib.

    • THANKS FOR ALL THOSE WHO APPRECIATED. I DID THIS FOR POOR PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. THE PLANT IS 6 FT TALL AND IT NEVER LODGE. I AM NOW DEVELOPING ITS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND I WILL PROVIDE THE SEED TO ALL AFTER 2 YEARS.
      ALL CAN CONTACT ME ON 03429460029, [email protected]

      • dr fida m abbasi ,we proud that u r pakistani , God help those who help them selves,,, can we contact u , my name ,imran qureshi, belong to pakistan and setal in madina munwara,pry 4 u

  5. congratulations on such a great effort,but i know we will not get this oppertunity for the betterment of our economic growth,its our history of pakistan.neither will u be rewarded on presidential level……but .lots of prayers for u dr fidda sb

  6. really really impressive and great effort sir Dr.Fida. we are really proud to have you…. lots of prayers and congrats to you by the whole nation. . this is the real patriotism…. we need this variety in field as early as possible…….. thnx to you by the whole nation….

  7. As the second-largest rice importer in Sub-Saharan Africa, and one of the top 10 worldwide, Senegal has much to gain, both in terms of income generation and decreased import dependency, from an increase in domestic rice production.I think they will need this technology.
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  8. what about lodging. How much strong the stem would be to bear this load. what parent material are used for its development. Where these parent material came from?

  9. good to know that Pakistan is not as backward as other countries think , we have people who have tactics to grow more rice and even in other fields we have people who knows how to grow their businesses …

    Super Kernel Basmati Rice

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