India's grain harvest could lead to a food crisis.

India, the world's third-largest wheat producer and most populous country, may face a significant grain deficit in 2026. According to estimates from the Indian Mills Federation (there is one), based on independent research from Agriwatch, the 2026 wheat harvest will be approximately 110 million tonnes. This is significantly lower than the official forecast from the Indian Ministry of Agriculture, which previously estimated the harvest at over 120 million tonnes.

The downgrade was caused by unfavorable weather conditions: unseasonal rains and hail in key grain-producing states—Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. These events occurred during the final stages of crop ripening and resulted in crop damage.

Compared to the previous season, when approximately 109,63 million tonnes were harvested, the new forecast shows only a slight increase. However, the difference from the government estimate is over 10 million tonnes, raising serious concerns among experts. Last season, the grain harvest was barely enough to cover the country's domestic needs. India made its largest grain purchases from Australia and Ukraine.

Analysts warn that grain production volumes of 110 million tons could trigger food shortages within the country.

India actively uses wheat for government reserves and subsidized food programs. A reduced harvest could lead to higher domestic prices for flour, bread, and other products, as well as increased grain imports.

The situation is also alarming at the global level. India has traditionally been a major player in the global wheat market. A reduction in its export potential could increase pressure on global prices and trigger a cascading food shortage in countries dependent on supplies from Asia and the Middle East.

The Indian government has already increased its wheat procurement targets to support farmers and stabilize the situation. The situation remains volatile: final data will be available after the harvest season concludes. However, analysts are already recommending that importing countries prepare for a possible rise in grain prices in the coming months.

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[8_-MistVieh-_8]

Gebt Kondome aus, dann gäbe es das Problem nicht. Wenn die hecken wie die Karnickel, ist das ja auch kein Wunder.

[Svetlana]

Verändern Kondome das Wetter? Machen sie es günstig für die Ernte?

[rocket757]

We always want to eat, and the lack of sufficient food is a problem for any country.

[rytik32]

Russia is a major grain exporter, so it could profit handsomely from the crisis.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: rytik32

Russia is a major grain exporter, so it could profit handsomely from the crisis.

So we are a major oil exporter, but gasoline is more expensive than those to whom we sell oil.

Any country, for example, makes money from the Olympics. And only we managed to go into the astronomical red in 1980.

Any country will exploit an enemy's hunger for hydrocarbons to finish them off. At the very least, to leave them penniless. Any country, but not us.

For them, it's all about money, but for us, it's about the soul. They have T. Dreiser with the trilogy "The Financier," "The Titan," and "The Stoic," while we have Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and "A Child's Tear."

What country, after a terrible war and drought, is capable of tearing itself away from itself and giving it to a "brotherly" people? The Poles know which one, but they pretend they've forgotten.

And if we're talking about humanitarian aid, what kind of bargaining is there? It's just money... We'll save them! Hurray!

And after all this, does anyone believe we can profit from the global food and fertilizer crisis? "We're like that"...

[alexoff]

And after this, does anyone believe that we can make money from the global food and fertilizer crisis?

Well, depending on who this "we" is, I think some citizens from the Forbes list will earn quite a bit of money.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote from alexoff

And after this, does anyone believe that we can make money from the global food and fertilizer crisis?

Well, depending on who this "we" is, I think some citizens from the Forbes list will earn quite a bit of money.

I, Alexander, when I say “we” - it is me, you, those who are in VO, who live and work in this country.
And as for those at Forbes, in the Baltics, in the Big Cabinets—I call them THEY. And I frown with disdain, as if I'd accidentally swallowed a toad...

They might make money. But we probably won't. Because we don't think and feel with our wallets.

[alexoff]

And we can be happy for others. Just like we used to be happy for the Germans, because they're growing on our cheap energy.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote from alexoff

And we can be happy for others. Just like we used to be happy for the Germans, because they're growing on our cheap energy.

So someone gave you a minus...

A letter should be sent to the site administration so that during registration the great and incomprehensible meaning of the word "sarcasm" is explained, and without a clear understanding of the meaning of this term, registration on the site would be impossible.
Emoticons don't help at all anymore, a short explanation that you should laugh at the word "shovel" - only sometimes.

[alexoff]

Some people are just downvoting me here; I'm clearly obsessed with every comment in this thread. I got someone riled up, and I'm proud of it.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote from alexoff

Yes, some citizens are simply giving me downvotes here, apparently I got into their souls, on all the comments in the thread in a row. I brought someone to this, I'm proud

Don't take all the glory for yourself, Alexander - it's the same story. And I'm not the only one. I'll write "AHA" and even then they'll give me a minus... I was once making fun of them, saying that these Polish thugs are fighting us like this—I timed their mass appearances several times. And they're so meticulous, the little bastards—they don't let a single comment through. No matter what I say, it's always a "-1." This is their war with us... It's not like it's happening at the front, so they fight here, these Aniki warriors...
And with the parting on them and on their collar...

[Karabin]

And only in 1980 did we manage to go into an astronomical "minus".

Sochi 2014 is also not about earnings.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Karabin

And only in 1980 did we manage to go into an astronomical "minus".

Sochi 2014 is also not about earnings.

That's exactly what I'm talking about...

As a kid, I went to the Moscow Olympics with my father and saw the Olympic Village. My father got a pass through the Ministry of Defense so he could drive his own car.
Many, many years later, I was in Lake Placid and saw with my own eyes the very same juvenile prison where the Olympians lived in 1980...

We are the only country in the world for which the Olympics are not about money.

[SAG]

Any country exploits its enemy's hunger for hydrocarbons to finish them off. At the very least, to leave them penniless.

Don't stop, keep going... Every country has committed genocide to conquer new territories. Every country has extracted resources from colonies, including through starvation and the extinction of indigenous peoples.
Every country recruited slaves from conquered territories and treated them as property or livestock.
Every country has committed treachery and betrayal to achieve its goals. Every country has abandoned treaties when it suits its purposes.
Every country has used faith as a tool for expansion, obtaining information, zombifying and intimidating people.
These are your true values ​​and ideals. Don't be shy since you've chosen an example for yourself. Your desire to be like everyone else is obvious.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: SAG

It's obvious that you want to be like everyone else.

What, is it really that noticeable?
Well, since you gave the order, we'll have to go commit genocide in new territories and treat slaves like cattle...
Thank you, kind person, for opening my eyes in my old age to my true values ​​and ideals... How would I have lived if there were no people like me with the right ideals and values?

[isv000]

Quote: rytik32

Russia is a major grain exporter, so it could profit handsomely from the crisis.

Absolutely spot on. Now how can we get the proto-Gypsies to understand that cutting corners always leads to disaster?! How can we get them to understand that Hindi-Rusi is just a bunch of crap?! That a distant (formerly) northern country has everything they need, just as they have plenty of what we need?! How can we get these disco dancers to understand that all our weapons were earned through battle and bloodshed, while our food and fertilizers are natural and healthy?! No way...
I think so: let this piece of iron sail all the way to Chuguev. There's already a queue of Komsomol members waiting for our systems. And these? The Yeti needs to be washed more often, so the hegemon doesn't get all worked up over it.

[SAG]

What a sweet man. It's impossible to drum anything into anyone's head on this planet! That's why everyone is doomed to the fate they've created for themselves. In India, they call it karma. And thank God we've moved away from the Soviet Union's practice of forcibly making other people happy, introducing democracy and peaceful labor. No one appreciated it then, and now everyone's forgotten! History will unfold as ordained from above... Those with brains will learn only from their own mistakes, the fools will die out. That's the whole story...

[paul3390]

And you, Donnie, should thank him for the fact that half the planet is left without fertilizers... There's more to come.

[isv000]

Quote: paul3390

And you, Donnie, should thank him for the fact that half the planet is left without fertilizers... There's more to come.

Rusty doesn't give a damn about the planet and fertilizers, he stokes the fire and also extinguishes it when it suits him.

[commbatant]

So what if, in a couple of years, China will overtake India in population again? It's another matter that the Indians won't rush to us; we love the visa-free regime.

[fiberboard]

That's what I thought too. It's good for Indians, there's someone who thinks about them. This "someone" thinks about everyone: the Jews of Europe, the Afrikaners of South Africa, the Palestinians, the Koreans, the Afghans. This "someone" doesn't just think about Russians!

[Zoldat_A]

It is said that between 30 and 50 million people died as a result of the repeated British-organized famines in India.
The last of these was organised by Winston Churchill in 1942-1943, when more than 5 million Indians died because Churchill was transporting food to the war-stricken metropolis.

No one ever cared about the starving population of the British colony of India.
Why did the Indian Mills Federation decide that the famine in India should be of any concern to anyone in the world right now?
Do they think they're the equals of the European "sahibs"? I'll tell them: Gandhi lied to them. Nothing has changed in Europe since the 1700s.

Although, to be fair, there is one country that still saves some people from starvation, either "in perpetual debt" or simply "humanitarianly." I personally witnessed KamAZ trucks loaded with flour being shipped from this country to a Central Asian country...

[Deaf]

10%... and 90% in Leningrad? When they were eating wallpaper. And not only?

[Vadim S]

The planet's overpopulation is driven by individual regions; nature itself is beginning to regulate population numbers; humans are like parasites on the planet. Crop failures are a form of depopulation. Everything is connected, but many don't want to understand this and try to explain the laws of the universe with norms they understand.

[Darkdimon]

Did anyone read the article, not just the headline? The harvest will be like last year's and maybe a little bigger, but this disaster isn't going according to plan. Or is it? The speculators are on track.

[Roman Efremov]

Okay, we can sell our grain, but only at a higher price and for normal currency, not rupees.

[Karabin]

The Indians sell some of their grain at a higher price and for normal currency, not rupees, on the world market, and we compassionately compensate for the grain shortage within India with humanitarian supplies. How do you like that?

[isv000]

Quote: Roman Efremov

Okay, we can sell our grain, but only at a higher price and for normal currency, not rupees.

Are you suggesting we support green paper shreds? What about rubles? And we shouldn't give a damn where they get them from, the main thing is it stimulates demand for our national currency. If you're so beautiful and like disco dancers, then dance or not, just give us rubles!

[Roman Efremov]

Let's do it in rubles, I don't mind! Or in gold, which India has in abundance. Or in medicines, which India produces in huge quantities.

[isv000]

India's grain harvest could lead to a food crisis.

So let the gypsies dance achoo-acho in front of the mattresses, maybe they'll sell hydrocarbons cheaper, since they can't buy from Russia.