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Scientist honored for soybean research boosting food security

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Professor Lam Hon-ming, a researcher at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been recognized with a Spirit of Hong Kong Award for his extensive work on soybean genetics. His research focuses on developing soybean varieties that can thrive in challenging conditions, such as drought and saline soils, and reduce the need for chemical fertilizers. This work has significant implications for food security, with his cultivated varieties being used in mainland China. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Jimmy Chow ·

    Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: scientist’s soybean research pushes agricultural frontier

    When Professor Lam Hon-ming returned to Hong Kong after completing postdoctoral work in the United States in 1997, he was fixated on one question: how can science help feed the country and the world? He found that soybeans offered part of the answer. In addition to its nutritiona…

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