All the food could be grown organically, eliminating the need for herbicides, pesticides and fertilisers.

所有的食物都可以有机种植，不需要除草剂、杀虫剂和化肥。

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Furthermore, this figure does not reflect the fact that large amounts of land, energy, fertilisers and water have also been lost in the production of foodstuffs which simply end up as waste.

此外，这一数字并没有反映出一个事实，即大量的土地、能源、化肥和水也在食品生产过程中流失了，而这些食品最终只是被浪费掉了。

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That at least can be corrected by fertilisers.

这至少可以通过施肥改善。

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Yet the use of artificial fertilisers increases crop yields and so what is the net effect?

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Equally disastrous is a subsidy on agricultural fertilisers, for which India's central government is responsible.

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Mr Chidambaram has done the trick by increasing social spending and subsidies for food and fertilisers.

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