We investigated the family introduction percentage of rice varieties (the FIP) for 780 fami-lies in 12 counties over Hunan Province in 1990,and studied thecorresponding extention wayhow to increase the FIP.The result showed that there was a difference of the FIP among investi-gated regions,of which the FIP was highest in plain regions,and lowest in far mountai(?)egion-s.The FIP was higher in hybrid rice than in commonrice.In general,the extention period of avariety was as long as 8—10 years.As for the corresponding extention way of the FIP,we ...