Enduring global food crisis

Blame game would serve no purpose

Ever since India curbed its wheat exports in mid-May, it has been bracketed with the countries deemed responsible for triggering the global food crisis by exacerbating the supply crunch and price spiral. Pressure is mounting for revoking the ban, notwithstanding New Delhi’s clarification that it was meant chiefly to strengthen domestic food security and keep prices under check. India’s plea that it was carrying out all of its pre-ban export commitments and was willing to help out the genuinely needy countries is also not being duly appreciated.

The main trigger for the current food distress, quite obviously, was the disruption in