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Seaweed invader elicits angst in India [1]

An effort in southern India to raise coastal farmers out of poverty by paying them to cultivate red algae for a food additive has gone awry.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2008
Pallava Bagla [2]
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Tags:
Sea Weeds [4], Invasive Alien Species [5], Poverty [6], Food Additives [7], Marine Ecosystems [8], Corals [9], Gulf Of Mannar Marine NP [10], PepsiCo [11], Contract Farming [12], Farmers [13], India [14]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/invasive-alien-species
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-additives
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corals
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-mannar-marine-np
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pepsico
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/contract-farming
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india