{"id":1436517,"date":"2022-04-13T22:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436517"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:29:59","slug":"pm-modi-india-can-feed-the-world-in-face-of-russia-war-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-modi-india-can-feed-the-world-in-face-of-russia-war-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi: India Can &#039;Feed the World&#039; in Face of Russia War Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpm-modi-india-can-feed-the-world-in-face-of-russia-war-shortages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/can-feed-world-if-wto-allows-modi\/articleshow\/90810693.cms\">said<\/a> Tuesday that India is ready to fill the food supply gap caused by Russia\u2019s latest war with Ukraine and \u201cfeed the world\u201d \u2014 but is waiting on approval for this effort from the World Trade Organization (WTO), the <em>Times of India<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is facing a new problem now; the food stock of the world is getting empty, I was talking to the US President [Joe Biden], and he also raised the issue of food grain shortages [<em>sic<\/em>]. I suggested that if WTO gives permission, India is ready to supply food stocks to the world from tomorrow,\u201d Modi said during a speech to inaugurate an educational complex in India\u2019s Gujarat state on April 12.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe [Biden] offered to supply India\u2019s food stock to the world if the WTO accords permission,\u201d Modi revealed on Tuesday, as <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/india-is-ready-to-supply-food-grains-to-the-world-if-wto-gives-nod-pm-narendra-modi\/videoshow\/90822951.cms\">quoted<\/a> by India\u2019s <em>Economic Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already have enough food for our people but our farmers seem to have made arrangements to feed the world. However, we have to work according to the laws, so I don\u2019t know when WTO will give permission and we can supply food to the world,\u201d the prime minister added.<\/p>\n<p>Modi and U.S. President Biden participated in a video call on April 11 in which the two leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/04\/11\/readout-of-president-bidens-call-with-prime-minister-modi-of-india\/\">discussed<\/a> bilateral relations between New Delhi and Washington. Both men \u201ccommitted to \u2026 advancing global food security\u201d during their conversation, according to a White House readout of the call.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>India\u2019s government in March expressed interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/31\/india-seeking-to-expand-wheat-exports-to-fill-void-left-by-ukraine-war\/\">increasing<\/a> its exports of wheat to other nations that have traditionally relied on imports of the grain from Russia and Ukraine, such as Egypt. Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1409329\">launched<\/a> a military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, causing conflict that has either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/02\/experts-mideast-nations-dependent-ukraine-russia-wheat-may-face-crisis\/\">disrupted<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/21\/report-ukraine-war-prompts-wheat-noodle-shortage-indonesia\/\">halted<\/a> the production and export of wheat from the two neighbors. In the absence of Russian and Ukrainian wheat supplies, New Delhi on March 29 consulted with Cairo to arrange a possible trade deal between the two countries that would see India export greater quantities of wheat to Egypt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9262630\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/indian-farmer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9262630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/indian-farmer.jpg\" alt=\"ndian farmer Gomtiben lifts a basket loaded with cauliflowers in a field in Rasalpur village, India, on Jan. 26, 2016. According to a new study, food scarcity due to climate change will most effect populations in India and China.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian farmer Gomtiben lifts a basket loaded with cauliflowers in a field in Rasalpur village, India, on Jan. 26, 2016. (SAM PANTHAKY\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <em>Times of India<\/em> reported on the development at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/in-ukraine-war-india-sees-an-opportunity-to-export-its-wheat\/articleshow\/90528871.cms\">writing<\/a>, \u201cWhile demand for Indian wheat has increased in the last few weeks, [Indian] commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has also begun a dialogue with some prospective importers. On Tuesday [March 29], he took the issue with Egypt\u2019s planning and economic development minister Hala El-Said in Dubai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi would send Cairo an initial shipment of two million metric tons of wheat should they finalize their commerce deal.<\/p>\n<p>Modi\u2019s administration has allegedly been \u201cpursuing deals to export wheat and take advantage of surplus stocks at home and a sharp rise in global prices\u201d since at least mid-March, according to an exclusive Reuters report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/exclusive-india-acts-seize-gap-wheat-export-market-left-by-ukraine-war-2022-03-15\/\">published<\/a> on March 15.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt [New Delhi] sees the disruption caused by the conflict involving Russia, the world\u2019s largest wheat exporter and Ukraine, another leading supplier, as an opportunity to sell its wheat on the world market,\u201d two anonymous sources in India\u2019s federal government told Reuters at the time.<\/p>\n<p>India is the world\u2019s second-largest wheat producer after China. Despite its abundant wheat stocks, \u201clogistical bottlenecks and quality concerns\u201d have prevented India from reaching its full potential on the world wheat market, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Modi\u2019s administration set into motion a series of measures in early-to-mid March to help India prepare to export greater amounts of wheat in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteps to be implemented over about two weeks include ensuring government-approved laboratories test the quality of wheat for export, making extra rail wagons available for transport and working with port authorities to give priority to wheat exports,\u201d Reuters revealed on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>India hoped at the time the trade boost \u201ccould result in the export of 10 million tonnes of wheat after the new season harvest begins this month [March].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that India is ready to fill the food supply gap caused by Russia\u2019s latest war with Ukraine and \u201cfeed the world\u201d \u2014 but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}