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Japan Is Grappling With Unprecedented Rice Shortage. Here's What Led To This
The threat of a "megaquake", a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice -- the nation's cherished staple food -- with the government warning Tuesday against panic buying.
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Rice Shortage Panic Sweeps Across US As India's Export Ban Bites
India's export ban aims to ensure domestic availability and lower prices for consumers at home.
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Sri Lanka's Appeal To Farmers Amid Food Shortage: Plant More Rice
Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50% drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis.
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Andhra Moves To Leverage Rice Exports At Time Of Global Shortage
Andhra Pradesh will use a deepwater port to export rice for the first time in decades amid a global shortage of the grain, according to a government order seen by Reuters, which could raise shipments this year by a fifth.
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Don't Grow Rice: Official Solution To Kashmir Rice Farmers' Water Crisis
Rice farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are in a bind over what to plant this season, following a prolonged dry spell in January and February. The state irrigation department has found a 'solution' to the water shortage -- it has asked farmers not to plant paddy this season as this crop needs a lot of water to grow
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Flooding Puts A Damper On US Rice Harvest
Heavy rain that brought record flooding to Louisiana recently has put a damper on the nation's harvest of rice, a food staple that usually likes water as it grows but can't be gathered by machine if fields are inundated.
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Food Handouts Prompt Row In Shortage-Hit Venezuela
Venezuelans facing severe food shortages might have been expected to welcome heavily subsidized bags of rice, milk and other staples -- but the controversy didn't take long to set in.
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In Venezuela election, food is a voting issue
Venezuelans complain that what goes into their Sunday dinner plate comes from abroad: Steak, from Brazil; plantains, the Dominican Republic; rice, South Africa; Parmesan cheese, Uruguay; oats, Chile. Even coffee, in a country famed for it, often is Colombian.
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Japan Is Grappling With Unprecedented Rice Shortage. Here's What Led To This
The threat of a "megaquake", a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice -- the nation's cherished staple food -- with the government warning Tuesday against panic buying.
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Rice Shortage Panic Sweeps Across US As India's Export Ban Bites
India's export ban aims to ensure domestic availability and lower prices for consumers at home.
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Sri Lanka's Appeal To Farmers Amid Food Shortage: Plant More Rice
Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50% drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis.
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Andhra Moves To Leverage Rice Exports At Time Of Global Shortage
Andhra Pradesh will use a deepwater port to export rice for the first time in decades amid a global shortage of the grain, according to a government order seen by Reuters, which could raise shipments this year by a fifth.
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Don't Grow Rice: Official Solution To Kashmir Rice Farmers' Water Crisis
Rice farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are in a bind over what to plant this season, following a prolonged dry spell in January and February. The state irrigation department has found a 'solution' to the water shortage -- it has asked farmers not to plant paddy this season as this crop needs a lot of water to grow
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Flooding Puts A Damper On US Rice Harvest
Heavy rain that brought record flooding to Louisiana recently has put a damper on the nation's harvest of rice, a food staple that usually likes water as it grows but can't be gathered by machine if fields are inundated.
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Food Handouts Prompt Row In Shortage-Hit Venezuela
Venezuelans facing severe food shortages might have been expected to welcome heavily subsidized bags of rice, milk and other staples -- but the controversy didn't take long to set in.
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In Venezuela election, food is a voting issue
Venezuelans complain that what goes into their Sunday dinner plate comes from abroad: Steak, from Brazil; plantains, the Dominican Republic; rice, South Africa; Parmesan cheese, Uruguay; oats, Chile. Even coffee, in a country famed for it, often is Colombian.
