The problem this year is more acute and many are migrating to towns owing to financial problems occasioned by the drought- Anil Gulati Chhatarpur is one of the 37 districts of Madhya Pradesh, which are reeling under a water crisis and facing drought. This is winter and the worst is yet to come - the summer is yet to set in.
Wheat prices may rise further because farmers in India, the world's second-biggest grower, may harvest a smaller crop after dry weather delayed planting. The crop may decline 5 per cent to as low as 72 million metric tonnes in the March-April harvest from 75.8 million tonnes a year earlier, S Pramod Kumar, president of Karnataka Roller Flour Mills Association, said yesterday. That's less than the government estimate of 74.8 million tonnes.
The recent rapid increases in the international prices of many basic food commodities have raised many questions from policy-makers, the media, the public, and the farmers who have the opportunity to benefit from the situation.
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