India's Heat Wave Affects Wheat Crop
India is the world’s second-largest wheat producer. But high heat this spring threatens to reduce this year’s harvest and limit the country’s ability to add to exports.
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India is the world’s second-largest wheat producer. But high heat this spring threatens to reduce this year’s harvest and limit the country’s ability to add to exports.
With food outputs already down and fuel prices going up, the market is very unsettled and the the threat of hunger is at its highest. Three experts weigh in on the whys and hows.
NEW DELHI (AP) -- An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make up for shortfalls due to Russia's war in Ukraine.
NEW DELHI--An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make up for shortfalls due to Russia's war in Ukraine.
Wheat is very sensitive to heat, especially during the final stage when its kernels mature and ripen. Indian farmers time their planting so that this stage coincides with India's usually cooler spring.