India, second-largest wheat producer, bans exports amid food supply concerns
Story Date: 5/16/2022

 

Source: Julia Musto, FOX BUSINESS, 5/14/22

India, the second-largest producer of wheat, has banned exports of the commodity, due to a risk to its food security.  A Friday notice in the government gazette signed by Santosh Kumar Sarangi, the Director General of Foreign Trade, said that a "sudden spike" in the global prices of wheat was putting India, neighboring and other vulnerable countries at risk. 

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