From New Delhi's The Wire, September 30:
Are Food Grains Going to Emerge a Chokepoint if the India-Canada Spat Escalates?
So if we look at India's agri-import scenario it is fair to conclude that Canada has a major influence on the lentil and edible oil security of India. A report suggests Canada may have slowed down exports of the former to India.
It seems like Canada is turning the agri-power screw on India. A news report from Reuters suggests that lentil imports from Canada have “slowed down” after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau accused Indian intelligence agents of assassinating a Canadian Sikh activist Canadian soil. This has implications for domestic pulse prices as India heads into the elections.
India and Canada have been in a major diplomatic tussle since Trudeau made his allegations public. The Indian government denies these allegations.
But what does this have to do with Canadian lentils exports to India?....
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Inflation in India always seems to hit the basics, so it's stuff people notice: legumes, onions, chickpeas; and who can forget the Great Guar Shortage of 2012?
And our thoughts in 2021:
Chaos In Delhi as Farmers March
If the Indian farmers' despair over their situation gets much deeper all hell could break loose. Between the almost legendary suicide rate and the Modi government's apparent lack of understanding of the core issues the farmers are close to going on strike and though such an action would be self-immolateing it would also raise one hell of a problem for the rest of the country. Long lentils and guar....
