India halts wheat exports as food security threatened by heatwave, Ukraine war
SCMP, 16 May 2022
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On May 13, 2022, India’s commerce ministry said that it will suspend overseas wheat sales to strengthen its food security. A price spike sparked by a record-breaking heatwave and Russia's invasion of Ukraine has threatened India’s food supplies. The decision by the world's second-largest wheat producer drew criticism from the agriculture ministers of the Group of Seven nations, who warned that the move will worsen the global food crisis.
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