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Criticality of rice and wheat system in sustainable food security in India: An analysis [1]

Rice and wheat are the two most important staple crops, which play a critical role in food security in India. The paper attempts to analyze the changing pattern of foodgrain production system and derive certain policy interventions in view of its relative importance in achieving avowed growth rates envisaged in the XI th five year plan.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2007
B C Barah [2]
Agricultural Situation in India [3]
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Agriculture [4], Agricultural Research [5], Plant Breeding [6], Rice [7], Wheat [8], Crop Biodiversity [9], India [10], Statistics [11], Food Security [12]
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