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Indian agriculture is estimated to be consuming about 78 percent of total fresh water resources available in the country. Yet, more than half of the gross cropped area is still dependent on rains. Extremely skewed allocation of scarce irrigation water amongst crops and inefficient use of the...
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To achieve food security for all, new resource policies for sustainable land and water use are needed. Land, water and energy need to be considered jointly in policies, not in isolation. G20 countries' policy makers, corporate and civil society actors, and those of other countries should act in...
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To achieve food security for all, new resource policies for sustainable land and water use are needed. Land, water and energy need to be considered jointly in policies, not in isolation. United Nations, G20 countries’ policy makers, corporate and civil society actors, and those of other...
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As water resources become increasingly scarce in India and demand only increases, the challenge of sustaining … farmers is threatened. India's canal irrigation systems, which have so far made an enormous contribution to food security, are … book examine the nature of large-scale surface irrigation systems in India, analyze their associated problems, and discu …
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India did not experience any food price spikes during 2007-08 when global food prices erupted. It was partly due to … India's ban on exports of wheat and common rice. But the fiscal stimulus that the government provided in 2009 in the wake of … G8 countries' call to avert economic recession, coupled with one of the worst droughts India experienced in that year …
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India did not experience any food price spikes during 2007-08 when global food prices erupted. It was partly due to … India's ban on exports of wheat and common rice. But the fiscal stimulus that the government provided in 2009 in the wake of … G8 countries' call to avert economic recession, coupled with one of the worst droughts India experienced in that year …
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India imports more from Africa than Africa does from India. A large share of Indian imports from Africa are oil and … minerals. However, the India-Africa relations in food and agriculture are already important but have potentials for expansion …. For complex reasons Africa had no transformation of its agriculture comparable to India's during its erstwhile Green …
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