Indian rice farmers look forward to a good monsoon and a better harvest

Rice farmers in India, the top exporter, will be working full tilt this growing season to take advantage of a good monsoon and prospects that the government will boost grain purchases to safeguard food security. 

Rice has come into focus recently on worries that India may restrict exports of the crop next, after similar moves in wheat and sugar. Ample production will ensure the country has enough rice supplies and allay concern about curbs on overseas sales, which could have a devastating impact on global food security. 

Charanjit Singh Gill, a farmer in Punjab -- a region known as the