India bans wheat exports amid severe heat wave
By DW
15 May 2022 |
5:20 am
India cited threats to food security and rising prices as reasons behind the policy U-turn. Global buyers had turned to India for wheat supplies after Russia's war on Ukraine disrupted agriculture markets.
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