Tag Archives: supply and demand

Is the global rice market headed for a repeat of the 2007-08 rice price crisis?

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...

Rice in the shadow of skyscrapers: Policy choices in East and Southeast Asia

During the past few decades, Asia has experienced a period of rapid economic growth that benefited many farmers and consumers. In fact, the decline in...

Trends in global rice consumption

Rice is a staple for nearly half of the world’s seven billion people. However, more than 90% of this rice is consumed in Asia, where it is a staple...

Global watch: Asia and the Americas

Delegates of the 6th TRT Rice Americas board a boat at the Miami Beach Marina for some fun and networking activities. (Photo: The Rice Trader) In the...

Eight driving forces in global agriculture

Rice market in Indonesia. (Photo: IRRI)  Agricultural commodity prices will remain high for the next 10 years. Income growth in most developing countries...

The global rice market: boom or doom?

A lowland rice farmer from Savannakhet Province in Laos threshing rice after the harvest. (Photo: Danielle Marichal)  The global rice market is on the...

Climate change and supply concerns dominate World Rice Conference

(Photos: IRRI) The first World Rice Conference organized by The Rice Trader in Mactan, Cebu, Philippines,  on 27-29 October 2009 featured extensive...

Asian consumption to drive markets in 2009

The global financial crisis may have slowed the consumption of various commodities, but Asian demand for grains (as food and feed) remains strong. The first World Grains Trade Summit held on 17 to 18 February 2009, organized by the Centre for Management Technology in Singapore, reported that demand for 2009 will largely come from Asia. As the world continues to recover...

World Rice Commerce 2008: price volatility set to continue

Lien Dai of the Vietnam Food Association (left) with V. Subramanian. (Photo: The Rice Trader) Sustained price volatility” was the conclusion at the...

Running out of steam

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...

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