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As India and the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines celebrate the 50th anniversary of what came to be known as the Miracle Rice, farmer Rao, now 80 years old, recalls the wonder of the moment when he harvested an astonishing 7.5 tons per hectare. "Never before," he said. "Every farmer feeling very, very, very happy, happy. 100 percent success."
In the 1960s and 1970s, wh..."
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