Climate change is making it harder to grow food because it’s causing more plant diseases. A group of researchers led by Professor Senthold Aseng from the Technical University of Munich has studied a fungal disease called wheat blast.

India is a major producer of wheat, ranking second in the world. Since 2000, there has been a 17% increase in the area of land used for wheat cultivation, resulting in a 40% increase in wheat production.

Wheat is a staple food. It is consumed by the rich as well as the poor. Wheat is a Rabi crop in India which is sown in November-December and harvested around April.

The Government of India late on Friday evening decided to stop the export of wheat to India and neighbouring countries citing food security

The heatwave is extremely intensifying this summer. In India, the highest temperature of a city such as Rajgarh has exceeded 46.5 degrees celcius while other parts of the nation