India may export broken rice to Mali
global market as well as India’s trade. Queries sent to the food department and spokesperson of the Mali embassy in New Delhi remained unanswered at press time.
As a result of India’s rice export ban, global rice markets went into turmoil and impacted India’s competitiveness in the global market that was built over the decades, said Ashok Gulati, a distinguished professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. This is not in line with the spirit of G20 proposals.
"Government of India continues to uphold its G2G (Government-to-Government) contracts with its African counterparts. However, some African countries are seeking alternative Asian rice markets, including Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Burma, Thailand and Pakistan where prices seem to be higher compared to the rates offered by India," said Sharath Loganathan, Co-Founder of Ninjacart, an agri-tech company.
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