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On the front lines of the global food crisis. - By Mira Kamdar - Slate Magazine
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-"The very rich and the poor eat organic in India," chuckles Grewal. "Seventy percent of the farmers in India are organic farmers. They can't afford to farm any other way. The chemical inputs are too expensive for them. But they don't know
On the front lines of the global food crisis. - By Mira Kamdar - Slate Magazine
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-that India will see its current level of agricultural production decline by 38 percent as a result of climate change by the year 2080—the same period in which India's population is expected to grow by 400 million;
-"India's leaders beli
On the front lines of the global food crisis. - By Mira Kamdar - Slate Magazine
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- A combination of massive irrigation infrastructure mandated by the Indian state, new hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides boosted yields to record levels over the following decades, saving India from the specter of mass famine.
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