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A woman rice farmer changes her plight and her village with stress-tolerant rice varieties A woman rice farmer changes her plight and her village with stress-tolerant rice varieties April 1, 2017 Manikapur Village shares a good portion of the total agricultural productivity of Nepalgunj, a submetropolitan city in...Read More
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