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"Not only, between 1931 and 1963, did Dr. Beachell develop rice varieties in the USA that helped make the country one of the largest rice exporters in the world, but between 1963 and 1972 he was the single most important person in launching the Green Revolution in rice, which has alleviated malnutrition and poverty for literally hundreds of millions of people in the rice-growing countries of the Third World." - - Dr. Robert F. Chandler, Jr., World Food Laureate; Founding Director General, International Rice Research Institute.