At The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute’s seminar on January 12, 2020 on the subject "The Past and Future of Food on the Indian Subcontinent: Identity and Cultural Heritage ("Thoughts for Food — II,” Parsiana, March 21-April 6, 2020), 11 speakers from different backgrounds discussed only one particular aspect — that small farmers’ holdings were good but large farms that planted highly bred seeds promoted by multinational seed companies were bad. Undoubtedly, the "boutique” varieties of crops grown by small farmers are very good, but will they be sufficient to meet the demand to feed the rising global population?
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