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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: India Keeps Homegrown Rice to Feed Its Hungry Millions


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Kashmiri workers carry sacks of rice at a government warehouse in Srinagar, India, on May 3, 2008.

With world rice prices rising sharply, India is struggling to provide for its estimated 350 million hungry citizens while cementing its new role as a global economic power.

AP Photograph/Dar Yasin