Bitter harvest for Indian farmers after wheat export ban - Economic Times


5/21/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by AFP

India is the world's second-biggest wheat producer, but the government -- itself the country's biggest buyer of the crop -- said it chose to protect food security for its mammoth population despite inflation concerns.

When New Delhi banned wheat exports as prices soared over Russia's invasion of Ukraine it provoked consternation abroad and drove the cereal even higher. Now Indian farmers and traders are fuming t… [+3814 chars]

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