The world record yield for paddy rice production is not held by an agricultural research station or by a large-scale farmer from the United States, but by Sumant Kumar who has a farm of just two hectares in Darveshpura village in the state of Bihar in northern India. His record yield of 22.4 tons per […]
Author Archives: Jonathan Latham
Jonathan Latham is cofounder and executive director of the Bioscience Resource Project and editor of the Independent Science News website (http://independentsciencenews.org/). Latham holds a master’s degree in crop genetics and a PhD in virology. Prior to heading the Bioscience Resource Project, he published scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, plant virology, and genetics. He regularly presents at scientific conferences on papers published by the Bioscience Resource Project. He is also a fellow of the 21st Century Trust.