date:Nov 21, 2012
ltivation in many South American countries. In other regions, FAO anticipates that output in the United States will be boosted by record yields, while Australia is heading towards its best season since 2006. The Russian Federation looks set to harvest a bumper crop of rice, while unfavourable weather curbed production in the European Union.
Increasing rice production in Asia means that the region that consumes the most rice will not need to import so much of it. FAO forecasts that global rice t