IMD issues advisory to wheat farmers amid high temperature
High temperature during wheat flowering and maturing period leads to loss in yield, says IMD.
High temperature during wheat flowering and maturing period leads to loss in yield, says IMD.
India has the ability to become the world's largest food producer, but feeding the globe while ensuring food security to its 1.4 billion people is not going to be an easy task.
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Some 1.8 million tonnes (MT) of wheat grain is stuck at various ports after the government's decision to restrict export of wheat.
At least half a dozen countries have already announced some sort of restrictive measures and more are planning to do so.
Rising global wheat prices and increased demand in overseas markets had pushed the prices of domestic supplies of wheat too.