Wheat

Plant Pandemic is Real: How a disease is threatening wheat, the world’s most important food crop

The next big pandemic could leave billions hungry. According to a study, an unprecedented spread of a fungus is threatening wheat, the most-consumed grain in the world. The blast disease is affecting production in Bangladesh and it could spread to India and China, the biggest exporters of wheat

After hottest February in over 100 years, heatwaves are coming: How deadly will be the Indian summer?

If February was unforgiving, March, April and May will be worst. India is likely to experience heatwaves, especially in central and northern states. Wheat production could be hit and high consumption of electricity is likely to cause an energy crunch

Pakistan: Balochistan on brink of starvation, runs out of wheat

Blaming the federal, Sindh and Punjab governments for the wheat crisis in Balochistan, provincial food minister Zamarak Khan said that Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi has not fulfilled his promise to provide 600,000 bags of wheat

Hunger Pangs: How Russia's war in Ukraine is starving the world

An enduring global food crisis has become one of the farthest-reaching consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine, contributing to widespread starvation, poverty and premature deaths. It is estimated that more than 345 million people are suffering from or at risk of acute food insecurity

Cultivatable land underwater, agriculture sector reeling: Amid floods, now Pakistan faces food crisis

Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was quoted as saying that 80 to 90 per cent of the country's crops have been damaged. The number of 'acutely hungry' people, already over 40 per cent, will only increase, experts say

Centre puts restrictions on wheat flour export to curb rising prices in domestic market

The decision to restrict export of wheat flour was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi

Rice retail prices soar by 6.31 per cent as less area sown with paddy this year

As per the agriculture ministry's data, paddy has been sown in 343.70 lakh hectares till 18 August of this Kharif season when compared with 374.63 lakh hectares last year

Commercial wheat imports from India key supply line for Yemen, says top UN official

In order to mitigate the supply changes in the global commodity markets and their adverse impact on food security, India has been providing financial assistance as well as supplying food grains to countries in need

Ukraine War: Russia tightens it's economic grip on southern parts of the pro-Western country

Ukraine has accused Russia and its allies of stealing its wheat, contributing to a global food shortage caused by grain exports blocked in Ukrainian ports

Explained: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?

Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world's wheat and barley, more than 70 per cent of its sunflower oil and are big suppliers of corn