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American Experience
The Man Who Tried to Feed the World
Season 32
Episode 3
The Man Who Tried to Feed the World recounts the story of the man who would not only solve India’s famine problem but would go on to lead a “Green Revolution” of worldwide agriculture programs estimated to have saved one billion lives.
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