Transcript: Searching for Solutions -- India and Food Production

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NPR All Things Considered
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August 15, 1994
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: India and the green revolution in this half hour of NPR's All Things Considered.

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WERTHEIMER: India has been struggling to produce the food its people need, and has been remarkably successful bringing about its green revolution. But India's population has continued to grow and another breakthrough will be needed or there will be shortages and famine again by the end of the decade.

1st MAN: [excerpt from tape] Looking at the growth of population in the years to come, we have a gap of 50 million tons to cover up in the remaining six years of this ...

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