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India holds on to its rice as an anxious world looks on
Climate change has hit rice yields in India. This has become everyone’s problem since the South Asian nation is the world’s largest rice exporter, accounting for around 40 per cent of the global rice trade.
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Rice production is pegged 3.8 per cent lower at 106.31 million tonnes (MT) against last season’s 110.51 MT.
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NEW DELHI – It is the grain that goes into your crisp dosa. It is also the perfect accompaniment for a delectable Thai curry, and the popular West African dish of jollof would not exist without it.
It is rice we are talking about, the primary staple for more than half the world’s population.
