India is responsible for approximately 40 percent of global rice shipments. Recently, however, the country imposed a ban on the export of broken rice as well as a heavy export tax on other varieties.

India has also objected to the inclusion of its basmati growing areas, particularly Jammu and Kashmir areas such as Mirupur, Bhimber, Poonch and Bagh | Photo Credit: Getty Images India has told ...

In the 1965 Indo-Pakistani war, Pakistani farmers accused Indian soldiers of stealing their seeds; India subsequently accused its neighbor of copying its most prized varieties. “Our rice was far ...