Date: 1967 Location: Gitanagar, Chitwan Description: Agricultural extension agent (Junior Technical Assistant, or JTA) Mitra Lal Sharma, visiting farmer Buddhi Sagar Bastola to instruct him 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). Gitanagar Pradhan Panch Beda Nidhi Pokhrel is at right.
