In addition to providing food and energy, genetic engineering can also be used to make rice produce proteins and enzymes with medical or industrial applications. The pursuit is often referred to as "molecular farming," and is a key focus of scientific research.
除了提高稻米作為「食物」和「能源」的兩大功能外，利用基因工程讓作物生產工業或醫藥用途的蛋白質或酵素（俗稱「分子農場」），也是科學家們努力的方向之一。