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Introduction
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His earliest memories are wrapped in the fields of Rurkee,a
village in Jalandhar,Punjab.Carving out small patches of land
and irrigating them with water from small pit,the boy had scant
idea then that it was the beginning of the life long commitment
to agriculture.
Career :
After his graduation from Punjab Agricultural college Khush
travelled to England on borrowed money,worked for a year for a
canning factory and obtain admissionat a University in US.Then
he received an offer for research assistantship from University
of California.
Milestone :
Today Dr.Khush,principal plant breeder and head of the Plant
Breeding,Genetics and Biochemistry division at the International
Research Institute(IRRI)in the Philippines,has 32 years of rice
research behind him.More than 300 verities of rice he have
developed. The world shows appreciationthrough a series of
awards, including the 1996 World Food Prize,The 1998 Rank Prize
and the 2000 Wolf Prize.
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