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india reaches
the pinnacle in
rice exports
CSISA
by Samarendu Mohanty
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www.businessandeconomy.org/30092012/storyd.asp?sid=7042&pageno=1.
www.theglobalist.com/us-india-dealing-with-monsoon-failure/.
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Million tons
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Rice
Wheat
Corn
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Exports
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10
2013
2011
2009
2005
2003
2001
1999
2007
Imports
1997
1995
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1991
1989
1987
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1963
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1981
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Fig. 1. Indias transformation in grain trade, the shift from grain importing to grain exporting.
Source: Production, Supply, and Distribution (PSD), USDA.
Million tons
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Northwest
60
East
50
40
30
20
10
0
2004-05
2005-06
2006/07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
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Fig. 2. Eastern vs northwestern India rice production.*
Source: www.Indiastat.com.
*Eastern India includes Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand; northwestern India includes
Punjab and Haryana.
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/03/indias-food-security-threatened-by-groundwater-depletion/.
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-02/news/59683948_1_direct-cash-subsidy-lpg-subsidy-grain-distribution.
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