date:Aug 16, 2013
Demand for rice in developing countries will drive global rice trade in the next decade until 2022 with about 97.9% of rice import growth coming from countries in Latin America, Asia (excluding Japan), Africa, and Middle East, according to USDAs baseline projections.
The USDA says that global average per capita consumption of rice is projected to decline slightly in the next decade due to higher incomes and its related food diversification, reports oryza.com.
However, increasing population in