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By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian government commissioned report on Tuesday rejected drought insurance for farmers as uneconomical, dashing landowner hopes of a change in government policy which could help boost output to meet Asia's fast-growing food market. Australian is one of the world's largest exporters of wheat, beef and sugar, despite farmers regularly battling droughts. Farmers say the absence of such insurance undermines their capacity to invest in increasing production and meet the growing food demand from Asia's middle class.

 

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