A South Korean expert from the center who visited India in 1976 saw the importance of mungbeans to people there. He forecast that, with the growth situation of local varieties, they would be in short supply in the future. He then embarked on research to develop new, improved varieties of mungbean to meet their needs.
亞蔬的一位韓國專家在一九七六年到印度時，一方面確定綠豆對當地的重要性，一方面預估以當地品種的生長狀況，未來定會缺乏，於是針對需要，研擬開發新種綠豆。