Date: 1967 Location: Chitwan Description: Nepali agricultural extension workers (Junior Technical Assistants, or JTAs) being instructed on the new “miracle wheat” (a high-yield dwarf wheat variety identified in Mexico by Nobel Prize-winning agronomist Norman Borlaug and bred for Nepal, which could grow on less than 12 inches of rain during dry season if treated with chemical fertilizers; introduced in Nepal 1966). The speaker is Nissar Ahmed Khan, District Agricultural Development Officer for Chitwan.
