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World’s largest rice exporter restricts shipments
India has banned sending broken rice abroad and imposed a 20% duty on other varieties.
The South Asian nation cited food security concerns in making the move, which was announced on Thursday, as below-average monsoon rainfall had curtailed planting. India exports rice to more than 150 countries.
IceAgeFarmer note: this is the “food nationalism” that was described by Podesta’s Food Chain Reaction Game leading to massive geopolitical instability and hunger
#india #rice
https://www.rt.com/business/562484-india-restricts-rice-exports/
India has banned sending broken rice abroad and imposed a 20% duty on other varieties.
The South Asian nation cited food security concerns in making the move, which was announced on Thursday, as below-average monsoon rainfall had curtailed planting. India exports rice to more than 150 countries.
IceAgeFarmer note: this is the “food nationalism” that was described by Podesta’s Food Chain Reaction Game leading to massive geopolitical instability and hunger
#india #rice
https://www.rt.com/business/562484-india-restricts-rice-exports/
RT
World’s largest rice exporter restricts shipments
Major global rice exporter, India, has reportedly curbed shipments to provide domestic availability