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Despite 6.2 percent growth, India's agro industry lags behind

India's agro-industry has miles to go before it catches up with the rest of the world. Its share in the agro-products of developing countries has gone up only marginally from 3.1 percent in 1995 to 3.8 percent in 2005, despite growing at 6.2 percent in the 10-year period.11:00 AM on May 18