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Australia's "Top End" too dry to become food bowl

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dream of turning Australia's tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday.

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Australia's "Top End" too dry to become food bowl

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dream of turning Australia's tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday.

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