“India faces prolonged food inflation as weak monsoon threatens winter crops”

Key points

• Indian farmer Amarsingh Gushinge plans to sow wheat and chickpeas soon.
• Water shortages hinder planting due to dwindling monsoon rains.
• Farmers in southern and western India face moisture deficits for next crop.
• Gushinge, 78, cites lack of soil moisture and funds to plant.
• Jalna district has seen about 48% less rain than average this year.