Tag Archives: rice market

(Photo: IRRI) The global rice market has been quite uneventful in the past several months. The news of possible monsoon failure in India and Southeast...

Mounds of unmilled rice stored in a private warehouse in Thailand. (Photo: IRRI) The global rice market has been in a subdued state since 2010 (Fig....

(Photo: IRRI) Global food prices are on the rise again. In January, the food price index exceeded the level witnessed during the peak of the 2008 food...

Global wheat production has plummeted due to extreme weather conditions. The global food situation is making headlines again. However, unlike in 2008,...

Rice vendors in a market in Cambodia.(Image collection of IRR) For the first time since the crisis in late 2007, new uncertainties plague the global...

The world food crisis of 1973-75 continues to shape the attitude of Asian policymakers toward food security. Occurring as it did in a period of volatility...