-The Hindu India’s flip-flop on the export of wheat is an example of the Government lacking a coherent policy of food security The Government of India announced a sudden ban on export of wheat on May 13, 2022, a few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stated that “at a time when the world is facing a shortage of wheat, the farmers of India have stepped forward to feed the world”....
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Wheat Shouldn't Go The Way Of Covid Jabs: India Calls Out West On Exports
-PTI/ NDTV.com Global food crisis: At the high-level meeting, India spoke about the issue of the wheat export ban for the first time in the UN since its May 13 announcement. United Nations: Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices. It stressed that its decision...
More »At UN Food Security Minister Meet, India Defends Wheat Export Ban
-TheWire.in India asserted that inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines was a cautionary precedent for not walking a similar path in global foodgrain shortage. New Delhi: India on Wednesday defended the ban on wheat exports as necessary to address “unjustified” food prices and asserted that inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines was a cautionary precedent for not walking a similar path in global foodgrain shortage Speaking at the US-led Food Security Ministerial meeting at UN...
More »Wheat caught in crossfire: How an export ban is affecting wheat prices -Dipu Rai
-IndiaToday.in How is the wheat export ban affecting its price in the domestic market? From war to heatwaves and floods to drought, wheat, a crucial global food, is under attack and is getting more expensive day by day. India was seen as a collateral beneficiary after the Russia-Ukraine war, but bread became more costly after a ban on its global sales. But this price change is working differently in the Indian domestic...
More »North India faces an acute fodder shortage, courtesy wheat crisis, climate change -Arvind Shukla
-Down to Earth Wheat straw is being sold at Rs 1,100-1,700 per quintal; it was being sold at Rs 400-600 per quintal last year Farmers across north Indian states are facing a shortage of dry fodder due to the wheat crisis, which in turn, has been primarily fuelled by an unusually hot March, according to farmers, agricultural scientists and experts. Many farmers chose to plant mustard instead of wheat this rabi season in...
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