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    Food for 9 Billion

    Intensive Lunch

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    Sam Eaton

    Food for 9 Billion

    Intensive Lunch

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    Farmer Sumant Kumar reported world record rice yields on his land in Bihar using a set of techniques known as the System of Rice Intensification. Many mainstream scientists are skeptical. Photo by Sam Eaton.

    Farmers in India say a novel way of growing rice and other crops has quadrupled yields while using less seed, water, and fertilizer. But some scientists doubt the gains are real.

    Date

    June 6, 2013

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    PRI's The World
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    Themes: Food, Environment, Technology
    Regions: Asia / Oceania
    Media: Audio
    Other Tags: Bihar, rice, System of Rice Intensification