European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stock. They demand but also res Ord to converting the nutrient Straw. It s the of Cost amazing thin official Jack it Laid peace corps official Frodel to see the ibb Trice plants standing about half the height of the traditional Philip Pine varieties with about three time the  Frankel agricultural program an training specialist for the peace corps feels the Miracle in the Fields it matched by one in government Chambers. After years of Drift in its agricultural policies he Bald the government of in Dia is giving agriculture a top priority and spending heavily to assist Farmers. Some of the new Businesslike attitude overseas can be traced to a change in the . Approach to Foo assistance. Congress til a wrote a stiff self help requirement into Public law480, which governs food Aid. American pm vow shipments Arenow in effect swaps for commitments by the recipient nations to make cer Tain improvements in Timeir agricultural programs dam construction for in stance or improvement of farm to Market roads. You be got to be Tough in administer ing foreign Aid Gaud said because anybody will take a handout. Once in awhile it helps to turn the faucet  there s been some griping by foreign leaders but there Are. Those who think it was needed Medicine. Price supports and other previously unthinkable schemes to Spur the grow ers to greater productivity Are sweeping  is also carrying out reforms to boost the Farmer s income. The government of strongman Ayub Khan is convinced the Farmer who turns a profit will put much of it Back into his farm benefiting the nation As a  literacy is highly desirable said Malik Khuda Bakhsh Pakistan minister of agriculture its absence is definitely not a limiting Factor for Agri cultural development. I believe that Farmers the world Over Are not devoid of a keen sense of economics and it is wrong to think of them As resistant to change which will bring them a  but it has to be a real Eye opening profit he said. Minor profits do not interest the Farmer he said he is accustomed to attributing such variations to the nature of farm productivity and also to facts High sensitivity to changes in , if he can really be convinced by practical demonstration that change will bring substantial profits he is ready we have found to accept an new idea he it  Pakistan is probably the no. 1 Suc Cess Story of the Green revolution. The world s sixth most populous nation afew years Back it was a classic have wot dependent on the granaries of better of nations. It hard to believe " Slid Frankel that Pakistan within three years of the introduction of the mexican wheat has gone from being an importer of 300,000 tons a year to being virtually self sufficient much of the credit belongs to individual Farmers who Are using not Only their toll but their meager capital tomake the Miracle  West Paki Stan for instance they have used their own funds to build 32,000 shallow irrigation Wells at 11.000 to $2,500  s 5.4 million ton wheat har Vest this year while thy of self sufficiency was to close that few doubt Pakistan will make it by 1179."india, the Hlll spinet Pakistan Harrar said. If it can be done in that group it can be done any whet sunday september 1,1968 women of India carry Home Harvest of tall growing Corn. A Miracle Rice is now being harvested by men of Pakistan. A of Irpino Farmer s family helps him gather abundant irs Rice crop the stars and stripes Page it