# Water shortage could cut food exports, warns Jal Shakti minister

> India's water resources minister warned that water shortages could cut food exports, since rice requires roughly 4,500 to 5,000 litres per kg. Western and southern states received below-average rainfall in the 2018 monsoon, and this year's monsoon has also been weak. India currently holds large stocks of rice, wheat and sugar.

- Date: 2019-06-24 · published 2019-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58556-water-shortage-could-cut-food-exports-warns-jal-shakti-minister
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Water stress in India's main rice-growing regions could eventually reduce exportable surplus, which would support world rice prices. The warning is a longer-term risk rather than an immediate supply cut given current stockpiles.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- livemint.com: https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/water-shortage-could-cut-food-exports-warns-jal-shakti-minister-1561378073621.html

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