Voice of America: Late Monsoon Rains Ease India's Drought Fears

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Late Monsoon Rains Ease India's Drought Fears Sep 13th 2012, 10:52 In India, fears of drought and crop failures have eased following a revival in monsoon rains, which has raised expectations that India - one of the world's largest rice producers - will continue to export the food grain which is a a staple of the Asian diet.  Rivival of monsoon rains In June and July, Gurchuran Singh - a farmer in the northern Punjab state - despaired at the sight of sunny, cloudless skies. He used underground water to irrigate his parched fields, but feared that his ... Media files: 95096168-5FB9-41D1-B369-462059EF6444_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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