India’s Extreme Summer: Will 45°C Heatwaves Leave Us Out Of Wheat? | Insight

India experienced an unprecedented heatwave this year. As temperatures regularly soared past 45°C in the northern parts of India, the country’s wheat producing regions, crops wilted in the fields.

Indian farmers saw their yields plummet, leading to debt and ruin. At the same time prices of wheat and related products skyrocketed, and ordinary consumer bore the brunt of rising inflation. Food security is at risk.

India eventually moved to ban wheat exports, but there are concerns that the heat wave is not an anomaly, but an increasingly regular occurrence caused by climate change.

Can Indian farmers weather this crisis, and is this a sign of things to come?

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