Russia Wants to Limit Grain Exports to Protect Food Supplies
- Top wheat exporter proposes quotas for some grain shipments
- Nations are taking measures to ensure domestic food security
Combine harvesters unload wheat onto trucks during summer harvest on a farm outside Rostov, Russia.
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Russia, the world’s biggest wheat exporter, proposed limiting grain shipments to protect its own food security in the face of the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
The quota being considered is loose enough that grain shipments will likely keep flowing as normal. Still, the move shows that governments are focusing on feeding their own populations as the virus disrupts supply chains around the world.