Flood-resistant rice feeds hope for Filipinos

By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent LAGUNA, Philippines – Robert Zeigler was a terrific host, bubbling with enthusiasm as he told me about the new varieties of rice that could bring enormous relief to the world’s poor.
“This is a transformational technology. It gives me goose bumps,” he said, pointing at clusters of rice stems emerging from a flooded paddy field. “These are tailored for floods. They basically hold their breath underwater.”
He was pointing at a new variety of flood resistant…(read more)