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From the Ted Talk by Sathya Raghu Mokkapati: The "greenhouse-in-a-box" empowering farmers in India
Unscramble the Blue Letters
We call it "Kheyti Rakshak." It’s a micro-greenhouse. It's a beautiful greenhouse which sits in a small portion of the farmer's land. It's easy to build, a small structure, coerevd with netting on all sides, which cuts off heat, prnteevs bugs and saves water. We can't cool the entire planet in one day, but we definitely can create a climate for a slaml portion of a farmer’s land to be suitable for farming. From our first experiences of growing vegetables -- saplte vegetables like temtoaos, cabbage, cucumbers -- we observed that greenhouses can increase yields up to seven times and use 90 percent less water. All this was too good to be true. All these things are so difficult to hppean, so frearms couldn't believe it, unless they actually saw it in aitocn.
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We call it "Kheyti Rakshak." It’s a micro-greenhouse. It's a beautiful greenhouse which sits in a small portion of the farmer's land. It's easy to build, a small structure, _______ with netting on all sides, which cuts off heat, ________ bugs and saves water. We can't cool the entire planet in one day, but we definitely can create a climate for a _____ portion of a farmer’s land to be suitable for farming. From our first experiences of growing vegetables -- ______ vegetables like ________, cabbage, cucumbers -- we observed that greenhouses can increase yields up to seven times and use 90 percent less water. All this was too good to be true. All these things are so difficult to ______, so _______ couldn't believe it, unless they actually saw it in ______.
Solution
- action
- covered
- small
- farmers
- tomatoes
- staple
- prevents
- happen
Original Text
We call it "Kheyti Rakshak." It’s a micro-greenhouse. It's a beautiful greenhouse which sits in a small portion of the farmer's land. It's easy to build, a small structure, covered with netting on all sides, which cuts off heat, prevents bugs and saves water. We can't cool the entire planet in one day, but we definitely can create a climate for a small portion of a farmer’s land to be suitable for farming. From our first experiences of growing vegetables -- staple vegetables like tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers -- we observed that greenhouses can increase yields up to seven times and use 90 percent less water. All this was too good to be true. All these things are so difficult to happen, so farmers couldn't believe it, unless they actually saw it in action.
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