Today's fertilizer shortage is tomorrow's food crisis: PM Modi at G20 summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cautioned the G20 leaders that todays fertiliser shortage could become tomorrows food crisis as he strongly pitched for maintaining a stable supply chain for both manure and food grainsIn his address at the G20 summit PM Modi also highlighted how India ensured food security for its 13 billion citizens during the Covid19 pandemic while supplying food grains to many countriesThe current shortage of fertilizers in terms of food security is also a huge crisis Todays fertilizer shortage is tomorrows food crisis for which the world will not have a solution PM Modi told the gathering which included US President Joe Biden British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel MacronWe should build mutual agreement to maintain the supply chain of both manure and food grains stable and assured In India for sustainable food security we are promoting natural farming and repopularising nutritious and traditional foodgrains like millets he saidThe prime minister was addressing a session on food and energy security at the G20 SummitAlso Read PM Modi interacts with Joe Biden Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron on sidelines of G20 summitVarious parts of the world are facing the challenge of food security triggered by the Russian invasion of UkraineUkraine is a major producer of wheat and the halt in its exports of the staple food has triggered its shortage globallyDuring the pandemic India ensured food security of its 13 billion citizens At the same time food grains were also supplied to many countries in need PM Modi saidThe prime minister said millets can also solve global malnutrition and hungerWe all must celebrate the International Year of Millets with great enthusiasm next year he saidPM Modi also said that Indias energysecurity is also important for global growth as it is the worlds fastest growing economyWe must not promote any restrictions on the supply of energy and stability in the energy market should be ensured India is committed to clean energy and environment he saidThe G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the worlds major developed and developing economies It comprises Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan the Republic of Korea Mexico Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa Turkey the UK the US and the European UnionIndia is currently part of the G20 Troika current previous and incoming G20 Presidencies comprising Indonesia Italy and IndiaThe prime minister is attending the summit at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo Indonesia is the current chair of the G20This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever