After graduating in 1953， he worked as a researcher. Yuan Longping realised that larger fields were not the solution. Instead， farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. How this could be done was a challenging question at the time. Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. A hybrid is a cross between two or more varieties of a species. One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. However， whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. The common assumption then was that it could not be done. Through intense effort， Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output greatly.
袁隆平，男，汉族，生于北京 ，无党派人士，江西省九江市德安县 人。国家杂交水稻工程技术研究中心、湖南杂交水稻研究中心原主任，湖南省政协原副主席 ，中国工程院院士，美国国家科学院院士 ，中国发明协会会士 ，湖南农业大学名誉校长 ，第六至十二届全国政协常委。
中国科学家博物馆云课堂展播 为了进一步弘扬科学家精神，中国科协科技传播中心策划制作了15集系列微视频《中国科技人物史志·现代篇——中国科学家博物馆云课堂》，讲述中国科学家不畏艰难、无私奉献、科学报国的故事。
三(四)班高上《袁隆平爷爷的故事》。大家好，我是鹤翔小学三(四)班的高上。今天我为大家带来的是袁隆平爷爷的故事。袁隆平爷爷是一位著名的中国农业科学家，他被誉为杂交水稻之父。年幼的袁隆平爷爷曾经目睹了我们国家最贫穷、最饥饿的场面，这让他深切地体会到了粮食的重要性。
