Cultural opposition to new agricultural techniques initially prevented Borlaug from going ahead with planting of new wheat strains in India.

对新农业技术的文化反对首先阻止了博劳格在印度继续种植新的小麦品种。

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India subsequently made a huge commitment to Mexican wheat, importing some 18000 tonnes of seed.

印度随后对墨西哥小麦作出了巨大承诺，进口大约18000吨种子。

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During the 1960s, South Asia experienced severe drought condition and India had been importing wheat on a large scale from the United States.

20世纪60年代，南亚经历了严重的干旱，印度从美国大量进口小麦。

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To put that in perspective, India's wheat wastage each year is almost equal to Australia's entire production of wheat.

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In some countries, most importantly India, rice and wheat are substitutes for each other.

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Similar arguments apply for items like sugar and wheat, produced in quantity by India, which Pakistan needs.

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