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Carlo Azzarri

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India’s recent rice ban sent people into a panic. Here’s what’s going on now (CNN Business) 

August 03, 2023


Last month, the Indian government announced an abrupt ban on exporting non-basmati white rice, which raised fears of destabilizing rice supplies in certain parts of the world,” writes CNN in a story on India’s rice ban. 

Prices started rising last year because of the devastating floods in Pakistan, which tightened global supply, said Joseph Glauber, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and a co-author of the blog post. The ban and the El Niño weather pattern could potentially make things worse. n South Asia and Southeast Asia, “we have seen El Niño years where it’s been quite severe in terms of effects on production, and other years where production is normal or even above trend,” Glauber said. “The question is … how big [of an] effect will El Niño have.” 

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