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New York Times: The dun wheat field spreading out at Ravi P. Singh's feet offered a possible clue to human destiny.
Baked by a desert sun and deliberately starved of water, the plants were parched and nearly dead.
Singh, a wheat breeder, grabbed seed heads that should have been plump with the staff of life. His practiced fingers found empty husks.
"You're not going to feed the people with that," he said.
But then, over in Plot 88, his eyes settled on a healthier plant, one that had managed to thrive......
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Climate change seen changing agriculture
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 5th, 2011
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