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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by triceratops on Friday July 26, 2019 @06:10PM (#20538799)
The subcontinent, and especially India and Bangladesh, have ridiculous amounts of arable land. India has more than any other country in the world.
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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by vinayms on Saturday July 27, 2019 @06:32AM (#20541344)
But the dependence on monsoon balances it out, even makes it lopsided, except may be in some northern parts that rely on snow fed rivers.
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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by nazgulnarsil on Saturday July 27, 2019 @12:14AM (#20540349)
besides the US
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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by triceratops on Saturday July 27, 2019 @02:02PM (#20543231)
According to Wikipedia[1] the title goes back and forth. In 2012, the latest year for which the article has numbers, India had more. Despite being 1/4th the size of the US.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arable_land

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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by nazgulnarsil on Friday August 02, 2019 @04:20PM (#20596268)
didn't know that! Thanks.
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