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India's rice revolution: Chinese scientist questions claim of massive harvests

2013-02-23 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: China's leading rice scientist has questioned India's claims of a world record harvest, following a report in last week's Observer of astonishing yields achieved by farmers growing the crop in the state of Bihar. Professor Yuan Longping, known as the "father of rice", said he doubted whether the Indian government had properly verified young Indian farmer Sumant Kumar's claim that he had produced 22.4 tonnes of rice from one hectare of land in Bihar in 2011. Yuan, director-general of China's...

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