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The "cabbage revolution" -- How China is using science to feed 1.4 billion people

17 (Xinhua) -- There is nothing remarkable about the tiny cabbage seedlings growing in the fields of Jiayu County in central China. They are barely more than rows of green tufts against the soil, too young to look anything like the firm heads that will eventually find their way onto dinner tables across the country.

The "cabbage revolution" -- How China is using science to feed 1.4 billion people

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17 (Xinhua) -- There is nothing remarkable about the tiny cabbage seedlings growing in the fields of Jiayu County in central China.

They are barely more than rows of green tufts against the soil, too young to look anything like the firm heads that will eventually find their way onto dinner tables across the country.

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17 (Xinhua) -- There is nothing remarkable about the tiny cabbage seedlings growing in the fields of Jiayu County in central China. They are barely more than rows of green tufts against the soil, too young to look anything like the firm heads that will eventually find their way onto dinner tables across the country.

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