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The answers from Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, two of the most important scientists of the 20th century, would have been very different, says their biographer Charles Mann.
The story of India's journey from below-subsistence level dairy farming to becoming the world's largest milk producer.
The 220 million tonnes of milk it produced in 2022 is about 24% of the global output.
India is the world's Coconut Central. In 2022, it produced nearly 20 billion nuts or roughly a third of the world’s coconuts.
The government starts to panic when there is a slight increase onion prices, egged on by sensationalist media that plays up the "plight of housewives".
India produces 80% of all turmeric grown in the world.