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A Filipino woman collects subsidized rice at a market in Quezon City, Manila. High prices have hit the urban poor, many of whom spend a large proportion...

Like a roller-coaster, rice prices in the volatile global market can move up and down in a matter of weeks. But, runaway prices, like those that fueled...

Even before the dramatic price spike in early 2008, rice prices on the world market increased every year from 2001 to 2007. Never before in the post-World...