India: Madhya Pradesh Wheat Demand Rise Globally Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

NEW DELHI, 25 April 2022, (TON): An official said “demand for wheat varieties like Sharbati and Kathia grown in Madhya Pradesh has shot up in the international market amid short supply from Russia and Ukraine due to the ongoing war.”

Madhya Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board's Managing Director Vikas Narwal said “the government procurement of wheat dipped by 30 per cent due to a sharp rise in prices in the open market.”

He said "there is a steep rise in wheat export due to Russia-Ukraine crisis and mandis were seeing huge influx of this food grain.”

He added “Mr Narwal said that 1.76 lakh tonnes of wheat was exported from the state during the last marketing season, whereas about 2.5 lakh tonnes of wheat has been exported in the last one month of this marketing season alone. Two more months are still left for this marketing season to end.”

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