India Bans Onion Exports After Drought and Monsoon Damage Crops
Workers push a handcart loaded with gunny sacks filled with onions at a wholesale vegetable market in New Delhi on September 25, 2019. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images) At a Glance Prices for this staple of Indian cooking have nearly quadrupled in some cities.The government says onions can't be shipped out of the country.This year's monsoon brought the heaviest rainfall in 25 years. Onions, key to cuisines across South Asia, are in such short supply India's government has banned their export. The...