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Dry soil to curb Asia's early 2024 rice output, pressure supply
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/12/2023
» SINGAPORE - Asian off-season rice production is poised to take a hit as dry planting conditions, shrinking reservoirs and forecasts for continued El Niño weather are set to reduce early 2024 yields, further tightening supplies and spurring food inflation.
Soaring rice prices stretch budgets for billions in Asia, Africa
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: A surge in rice prices to the highest level in almost 15 years is renewing fears that food costs are going to get a lot more expensive for the world’s poorest people.
Rice soars to two-year high in Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/07/2023
» Rice prices in Asia have surged to the highest level in more than two years as importers build up stockpiles on fears that the onset of El Niño will parch plantations and damage crops.
Rice glut will be put to test with El Niño’s return
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/06/2023
» The world is awash in rice with global stockpiles at close to record levels. El Niño’s arrival will put those reserves to the test.
Why buying cannabis in Thailand might get tougher after election
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/05/2023
» The days of easily buying marijuana on the streets of Bangkok or Phuket may soon be over.
World’s food supply faces new threat
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/08/2022
» Rice could emerge as the next challenge for global food supply as a shortage of rain in parts of India, by far the world’s biggest exporter, has caused planting area to shrink to the smallest in about three years.
Thailand may join with Vietnam to control rice trade
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/05/2022
» Thailand and Vietnam should jointly raise rice prices to boost their bargaining power in the global market, according to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a move that threatens higher food costs for consumers worldwide.
Soaring costs threaten rice supplies
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 20/04/2022
» Soaring fertiliser costs have rice farmers across Asia scaling back their use, a move that threatens harvests of a staple that feeds half of humanity and could lead to a full-blown food crisis if prices are not curbed.
Govt plans B155bn aid for farmers hit by Covid, floods
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/11/2021
» The government plans to dole out 155 billion baht in cash to millions of farmers reeling from the impacts of Covid-19, floods, droughts and poor crop prices.
Covid DIY demand makes Dohome founder a billionaire
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/08/2021
» Dohome Plc may not qualify as a “unicorn,” but the home-improvement retailer does possess some rare traits that have made founder Adisak Tangmitrphracha a new member of the country’s billionaire club.