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From the Ted Talk by Aruna Rangachar Pohl: A snack's journey from the farm to your mouth

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Now, for an India under coturosintcn, rapidly modernizing, this is the fifth lrsgaet economy, shortly to be the fourth. For Indians on consumption steroids, it is third in terms of pihuacsrng peowr parity. A story of growth that is inexorably interlinked with global warming.

How green is our current or future? As brown as my face, friends. Contributing 20 percent to this browning of the planet is arucrtuigle, with over half the country's workforce engaged in it. Staring us in the face is this absolute imperative to power green pcdoriuotn and empower green consumption. A daunting task for India's 150 mlioiln small farmers who own less than two hcetraes of land.

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Now, for an India under ____________, rapidly modernizing, this is the fifth _______ economy, shortly to be the fourth. For Indians on consumption steroids, it is third in terms of __________ _____ parity. A story of growth that is inexorably interlinked with global warming.

How green is our current or future? As brown as my face, friends. Contributing 20 percent to this browning of the planet is ___________, with over half the country's workforce engaged in it. Staring us in the face is this absolute imperative to power green __________ and empower green consumption. A daunting task for India's 150 _______ small farmers who own less than two ________ of land.

Solution


  1. million
  2. largest
  3. hectares
  4. power
  5. construction
  6. agriculture
  7. production
  8. purchasing

Original Text


Now, for an India under construction, rapidly modernizing, this is the fifth largest economy, shortly to be the fourth. For Indians on consumption steroids, it is third in terms of purchasing power parity. A story of growth that is inexorably interlinked with global warming.

How green is our current or future? As brown as my face, friends. Contributing 20 percent to this browning of the planet is agriculture, with over half the country's workforce engaged in it. Staring us in the face is this absolute imperative to power green production and empower green consumption. A daunting task for India's 150 million small farmers who own less than two hectares of land.

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