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India’s food supply runs on water misuse -Shijith Kunhitty

-Livemint.com

Three-fourths of India’s population depend on cereals from states that over-exploit groundwater, finds a study. This raises concerns about the country’s food security

The farmer protests near Delhi have brought renewed attention to the agricultural practices of northern India, groundwater use in particular. A new study finds that states where groundwater reserves are at critical levels, such as Punjab, form the major source of cereals for around 76% of India’s population. This puts the country’s food supply in a vulnerable position.

Francesca Harris of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and other co-authors look at the inter-state trade of five cereals—rice, wheat, maize, millet and sorghum—in 2011-12. The majority of this trade (58%) happens through the public distribution system (PDS), and the northern region is responsible for 61% of exports to other states.

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