Harish Damodaran

A strengthening El Niño and escalating geopolitical tensions in both West Asia and Russia-Ukraine could drive up food inflation, which has been relatively under control so far

Import prices of sulphur have more than trebled in last 1 year on the back of wars & increased use for EV batteries

Arhar, chana prices are rising, but the real pinch may be felt in the rabi season, if farmers avoid sowing chana and jowar due to the lack of moisture in soil, depleted reserves

Arhar, chana prices are rising, but the real pinch may be felt in the rabi season, if farmers avoid sowing chana and jowar due to the lack of moisture in soil, depleted reserves

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The combination of El Niño and Russia-Ukraine war, coupled with aggressive biofuel mandates by major producers such as Indonesia, is impacting this commodity the hardest.

India currently allows farmers to grow GM cotton hybrids/ varieties containing only two genes — cry1Ac and cry2Ab — that are isolated from Bt, a soil bacterium. These genes code for proteins toxic to certain bollworm insect pests.

If the ongoing wars are laying bare the vulnerabilities from fossilisation, the limits to the fuelisation of food could be tested by a prospective “very strong” El Niño

The declines have been much lower, at 0.6% and 1.4% respectively, for di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and single super phosphate (SSP).