This book is a story of rare courage and determination, and its publication during the International Year of Rice and its launch at the International Crop Science Congress could not be more appropriate. I think the real heroes are the Cambodian people, especially the researchers.
Bob Clements, the Crawford Fund, Melbourne
The Burning of the Rice
In April 1975 Ngak Chhay Heng and his family loaded their car with their personal possessions, pushed it 20 kilometres from Phnom Penh, discarded anything that differentiated them from peasant farmers ...
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