Food Security in Developing Countries: a Case Study for India
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This study provides food security situation in India for the next two decades. As expected, total physical land will remain more or less flat in the next two decade. But net cropped area is projected to increase through higher cropping intensity. More than 70 percent of additional area is likely to switch to horticultural and permanent crops. Among crops, oilseeds such as soybeans, rapeseed, and groundnuts account for most of the remaining additional area.
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