Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:57am on 04 Jun 2025,Wednesday India Global
Two Chinese nationals have been charged in the US for smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a toxic fungus classified as a potential agro-terrorism weapon. This alarming case spotlights the rising global threat of agro-terrorism — the deliberate use of biological agents to harm agriculture. India, with over 55% of its population reliant on farming, has faced similar threats. In 2016, a wheat-blast fungus believed to be introduced from Bangladesh forced a wheat ban in parts of West Bengal. Bordering hostile nations like Pakistan and China, India’s farmland remains vulnerable to such covert biological attacks aimed at crippling its agri-economy. (PC: India Today)
