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Are We Heading For A Drought? [1]

The agriculture ministry is preparing a contingency plan to prevent food shortage----------

For the first time in 30 years, India stares at the probability of a drought, which threatens to worsen the already precarious food demand-supply balance and plunge the country into a deeper food security crisis.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2009
M. Rajendran [2]
Business World (Kolkata) [3]
Tags:
Food Crops [4], Food Supply [5], Drought [6], Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) [7], Ministry Of Agriculture [8], India [9], Food Security [10]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-meteorological-department-imd
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security