EPISODE · May 21, 2022 · 16 MIN
How does the wheat export ban affect foreign policy? | Ep #62
from Worldview with Suhasini Haidar · host The Hindu
This week the UN takes up global food security on a war footing- the Ukraine war, that is, which has led to a slump in wheat production from a region known as the world’s bread basket- Russia and Ukraine together account for 25% of the world’s wheat exports. India is the world’s second-largest wheat producer and one of its biggest consumers- when the government decided last week to ban wheat exports in the face of climbing prices, there were many protests from the international community. Read more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This week the UN takes up global food security on a war footing- the Ukraine war, that is, which has led to a slump in wheat production from a region known as the world’s bread basket- Russia and Ukraine together account for 25% of the world’s wheat exports. India is the world’s second-largest wheat producer and one of its biggest consumers- when the government decided last week to ban wheat exports in the face of climbing prices, there were many protests from the international community. Read more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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