Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat and the El Nino weather phenomenon hampers rice production.
battered its northern rice-producing region, damaging $32 million worth of rice crops — an estimated 22% of its annual production.
“That’s not good for the export business because it takes years to develop these markets,” Gulati said. Already the Philippines is in talks with Vietnam to try to get the grain at lower prices, while Vietnam also looks to target the United Kingdom, which receives much of its rice from India. With prices fluctuating, exporters don’t know what prices to quote — because prices may spike again the next day.Aniruddha Ghosal and Evelyne Musambi of The Associated Press
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Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerableCountries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.
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Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerableCountries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.
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Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerableCountries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth
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Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerableCountries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.
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