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Timeline of food and nutrition in India

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| 2009 || Food || Production || India stands as the world's third largest producer of {{w|egg}}s, [[w:Orange (fruit)|oranges]], {{w|coconut}}s, {{w|tomatoe}}s, {{w|pea}}s and {{w|bean}}s.<ref name=fao2009>{{cite web|title=Country Rank in the World, by commodity|year=2011|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|url=http://faostat.fao.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=339&lang=en&country=100}}</ref>
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| 2009 || Food || Production || The Statistics Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization reports that, per final numbers for 2009, India is the world's largest producer of the following agricultural products: {{w|Fresh Fruit}}, {{w|lemons and limes}}, {{w|buffalo milk}}, {{w|castor oil}} seeds, {{w|sunflower seed}}s, {{w|sorghum}}, {{w|millet}}, spice, {{w|okra}}, {{w|jute}}, {{w|beeswax}}, {{w|bananas}}, {{w|mangoes}}, mangosteens, {{w|guavas}}, {{w|pulses}}, indigenous buffalo meat, tropical fruits, {{w|ginger}}, {{w|chick peas}}, {{w|areca nuts}}, {{w|pigeon peas}}, papayas, {{w|chillies}} and [[w:Bell peppers|peppers]], {{w|anise}}, [[w:Illicium verum|badian]], {{w|fennel}}, {{w|coriander}}, and goat milk.<ref name=fao2009>{{cite web|title=Country Rank in the World, by commodity|year=2011|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|url=http://faostat.fao.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=339&lang=en&country=100}}</ref><ref>These are food and agriculture classification groups. For definition with list of botanical species covered under each classification, consult FAOSTAT of the United Nations; Link: http://faostat.fao.org/site/384/default.aspx</ref>
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| 2009–2010 || Food || Production || India stands first in milk production, with 112.5 million tons of milk produced in 2009-2010.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web |url=http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/Annual%20Report%202010-11%20English.pdf |title=Annual Report |access-date=2015-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721060801/http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/Annual%20Report%202010-11%20English.pdf |archive-date=2013-07-21 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
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| 2010 || Nutrition || Statistics || National obesity rates in the country are reported at 14% for women and 18% for men with some urban areas having rates as high as 40%.<ref>{{cite news|title=India in grip of obesity epidemic|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-12/india/28245306_1_obesity-india-and-china-overweight-rates|publisher=The Times of India|accessdate=14 February 2012|date=12 November 2010}}</ref>
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| 2010 || Food || Infrastructure || It is estimated that only about 35% of agricultural land in India is reliably irrigated.<ref name=wbirrig>[http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.IRIG.AG.ZS/countries Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)] The World Bank (2013)</ref>
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| 2011 || Food || Workforce || The agricultural sector workforce in the {{w|Indian subcontinent}} is composed by a 75 percent of women.<ref name="Singh2009">Singh, Roopam; Sengupta, Ranja (2009). [http://www.in.boell.org/downloads/Summary_agr.pdf "EU FTA and the Likely Impact on Indian Women Executive Summary."] Centre for Trade and Development and Heinrich Boell Foundation.</ref>
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