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India's rice revolution

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India's rice revolution


Environmental | 207934 hits | Feb 22 8:13 pm | Posted by: commanderkai
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In a village in India's poorest state, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with no GM or herbicide. Is this a solution to world food shortages? John Vidal meets the farmers

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  1. by avatar Jonny_C
    Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:07 pm
    First try came up empty, not sure why.

  2. by avatar Jonny_C
    Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:09 pm
    This is quite a story - a world record harvest using only a different technique, not GM seeds or commercial fertilizers. Hopefully it can be fully verified and disseminated.

  3. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:29 pm
    Indeed! And the fight to hold on to Bismati rice itself is also part of their hard work to maintian sustainable farming.



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