Analysis: The persistent heat wave that has struck India over the past few weeks is leading to deaths, electricity shortages and uncertainty about crops. Those impacts aren't likely to remain within its borders.
People sleep on the Yamuna river bed under a bridge on a hot day in New Delhi on Sunday."Wheat crops in major wheat growing belts have been severely affected. The pre-monsoon showers provide the much needed moisture to crops. That was missing, and high heat on top of that made the wheat crop particularly susceptible," said Mukherji.
"Food scarcity implications are not clear, as India usually has large buffer stocks of food. If monsoons are also disrupted, and then rice crops are affected , we can expect food prices to rise." she wrote. "However, so far monsoons are predicted to be normal. There are talks of India restricting wheat exports. India is the world's eighth largest wheat exporter. With the war in Ukraine , prospects of procuring wheat from the international market looks bleak."The worst part is that heat waves have already been occurring more frequently than pre-industrial times and are expected to rise.
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