Wheat
- India
Centre bans rice export
New Delhi: The Central government has banned the export of broken rice with effect from Friday. The decision comes immediately after a 20 per cent export duty was levied on various grades…
- Middle East
First grain shipment leaves Ukraine for Yemen: UN
Sanaa: A ship chartered by the World Food Programme (WFP) carrying 37,000 metric tonne of wheat left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuznhy for Yemen, the UN agency said in a…
- Middle East
Egypt: Wheat deal with India on, not shipped yet, says minister
Cairo: Egypt’s supply minister Aly Moselhy on Monday said that the deal to buy wheat from India still stands, but there is no clarity on when the grain will be shipped. Egypt…
- Delhi
Wheat prices record spike, touch Rs 2,500 per quintal mark in Delhi mandis
New Delhi: Wheat prices have seen a significant rise to cross a record Rs 2,500 per quintal due to slower supplies and robust demand. According to traders in Delhi, the heat wave…
- India
India signs MoU for wheat donation to Afghanistan
New Delhi: India on Saturday signed an MoU with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for in kind humanitarian food assistance of 10,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat for Afghanistan, which…
- Middle East
Egypt to purchase 180,000 tonnes of wheat from India
Cairo: The Egyptian Minister of Supply Ali Moselhi said, on Sunday, that Egypt has signed a contract to buy 180,000 tons of wheat from India, which is less than what was previously…
- Middle East
UAE suspends exports, re-exports of Indian wheat for four months
Abu Dhabi: The UAE has ordered a suspension of exports and re-exports of wheat and wheat flour originating from India for four months, the Gulf nation’s ministry of economy said on Wednesday.…
- World
Pakistan: Shehbaz wants to import wheat from Russia
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has laid stress on importing wheat from Russia amid the US sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The premier has also directed the authorities…
- India
India prohibits wheat exports with immediate effect
New Delhi: India has banned wheat exports with immediate effect as part of measures to control rising domestic prices, according to official notification. However, the export shipments for which irrevocable letters of credit…
- World
Ukraine’s wheat harvest may fall by 35%, raising fears of global shortage
Kiev: Wheat production in Ukraine is likely to be at least a third lower than in normal years, according to analysis of satellite images of the country. Ukraine is one of the…
- India
Centre revises wheat production estimates downwards for 2021-22
New Delhi: The government has revised downwards the estimate for wheat production by 5.7 per cent to 105 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year ending June from the earlier projection of…
- Science
Stripe and brown rust resistant wheat variety developed
New Delhi: A wheat variety, with excellent baking quality that yields soft and sweet chapati at the same time, and free from stripe and brown rust, has been developed by Indian researchers,…
- India
Egypt approves India as wheat supplier: Goyal
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said Egypt, which is one of the largest importers of wheat from Ukraine and Russia, has approved India as a wheat supplier.…
- World
War threatens food security in Russia and beyond
Dallas: Its invasion of Ukraine has imperilled Russia’s plans for increased grain yields and higher-value exports. Since 2014 Russia has pursued two primary goals in its food policy. Domestically, it has strived…
- Business
China seeks bumper wheat harvest amid fears of global food crisis
Beijing: China’s Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Finance issued a notice requiring local authorities to mull an “all-out effort” to guarantee the harvest of summer wheat and…
