India’s Wheat Crop Under Threat from Warm Weather Before Harvest

India is facing more warm weather and sparse rain this month, threatening the nation’s wheat crop and raising the prospect of the government cutting or removing an import duty on the grain.

Rainfall across the country’s northwest region, a major wheat growing belt, has been almost 80% below normal since the beginning of the year, according to the India Meteorological Department. Last month, the world’s most-populous country recorded its third-warmest January since 1901.