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Civil Supplies Minister promises to procure every paddy grain from farmers • Apr. 4, 2025, 6:34 AM ET (The Hindu)

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paddy field
Paddies near Lake Inawashiro, Fukushima ken (prefecture), Japan.
Bali: rice paddy
rice paddies, Indonesia
Terraced rice paddies, Bali, Indonesia.
Rice plantation in the Guayas River lowlands, Ecuador
rice paddy in Vietnam
Workers transplanting rice near Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Agriculture on the Indian subcontinent frequently depends on summer monsoon rainfall because precipitation during other seasons may be sparse.
Vietnam
Banaue rice terraces
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