People who know about beans say he is single-handedly responsible for introducing the crop and providing the vision for a national production and marketing system. Prior to Miller's efforts, farmers mostly grew dryland rice during the summer, leaving the land barren in winter. Let them ship beans Miller saw that export markets would have to be developed if beans were to be accepted by farmers. In 1986, together with university researchers, MEDA introduced a new commercial variety which had strong potential for export to neighboring Brazil. It worked, and soon many farmers were growing rice in summer and beans in winter.
People usually think of it as the other way around.