VNR: CAN HAWAIʻI GROW RICE AGAIN? YES, AND FASTER THAN IN JAPAN

HONOLULU, July 26 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:

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Last fall, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa researchers asked the question: Can Hawaiʻi grow rice again? Now, a new study published in Frontiers in Agronomy has given a data-driven answer: Yes, and the quality might be higher than expected.

The report is the work of scientists from the UH Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR) and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. They found that high-quality Japanese rice types can thrive in fields with traditional irrigation systems, instead of traditional flooded paddies.

The collaboration evaluate...