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Indian rice fields using excessive water [1]

Indian farmers are using as much as 15,000 litres of water to produce one kg of rice, when the maximum requirement is only 4,000 litres, Dr. A. Abdul Kareem, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agriculture

Publication Date: 
03/02/1999
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
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Agriculture [3]

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