Hakan ya biyo bayan da Indiyata hana fitar da farar shinkafar basmati, kimanin kashi ɗaya bisa huɗu na shinkafar da aka saba fitarwa saboda tanadin al ummarta. Indiya ce ke dakashi 40% na cinikin shinkafa a duniya kuma tana sayar da busasshiyar shinkafa ga kasashen Afirka,musamman Senegal, da Najeriya, da Cote dIvoire  da Benin, da  kasashen Yankin Asiya Pakistan,da Philippines da kuma  Yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya Turkiyya, da Siriya.