Felicity Lawrence
Felicity Lawrence works from london. guardian special correspondent on politics of food Felicity Lawrence has over 5470 followers on Twitter.
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/ 3 June 2008

The problems with rice

Why is there a problem now? The price of rice has reached record highs in recent months, moving from $327 a ton a year ago to $1 000 a ton last week. Yet there is no serious shortage of rice — global production and consumption are roughly in balance.