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India: too dry for rice cultivation?

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November 1, 2023

India is one of the world’s largest producers of rice. But water-intensive cultivation uses 60,000 liters of water per kilo - even more than for beef. Because water is becoming increasingly scarce, India has stopped exporting white rice.

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