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Summary The new strain is expected to hit the market next year.
Taiwanese researchers said Thursday they have developed a strain of rice that cooks particularly soft for elderly people to meet the needs of a rapidly greying society.The new strain was developed by the Miaoli District Agricultural Research And Extension Station in central Taiwan after a decade-long process and was expected to hit the market next year, they said.Weve developed the rice with the elderly consumers in mind to make the rice taste very soft and a little sweet. It also gives a stable yield and can be stored for a long time, said researcher Chang Su-jeing.People aged 65 and over account for 10.7 percent of Taiwans 23 million population, the latest census showed, above the 7.0 percent level at which a society is defined as ageing by the World Health Organization.
