India bans wheat exports to deepen global food crisis

India, the world’s second-largest producer of wheat, was expected to bolster supply badly depleted by Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has caused exports from the Black Sea region to plummet and the UN to warn of a global hunger crisis.

A scorching heatwave has curtailed wheat output in India and domestic prices have soared to an all-time high.

The government said it would still allow exports backed by already issued letters of credit and to those countries that request supplies “to meet their food security needs”.

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