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What does it really take to grow rice? IRRI staff who signed up for Rice Survivor found out for themselves the hard realities of rice production that farmers face everyday. From the backbreaking work of transplanting the seedlings, to Today battling pests and weeds, Rice July-September 2013 to just keeping the crop alive. These challenges have given 25 them new insights about rice farmingand a deep respect for farmers.