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© Thomson Reuters 2022.Global rice supplies at risk as harsh weather hits top exporters
By Naveen Thukral and Rajendra Jadhav SINGAPORE/MUMBAI©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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painkiller
RedstormToday 04:10 pm JST
I'll bring in maybe 2-3 kg each time, so in total up to around 20kg a year; brown rice for me and friends.
Sh1mon M4sada
That's close to the Thai stockpile under Yingluck Shinawatra rule.
EvilBuddha
Rice consumption is more in rural India than in urban India. And more in South and East India than in North and West India.
Rice consumption has been steadily dropping in India over the years.
Also, I hate rice.
JTC
What about Japan's ability to Supply its own local Market ?
If there is a risk of external entities purchasing all of the Rice produced within Japan, then that, would be a Serious matter that the Government should deal with right now.
Desert Tortoise
Please stop. This is just not true. Many different varieties of rice are grown in California including Alborio rice, the Italian variety used to make Risotto. California rice is considered a premium rice everywhere in the world. For years Japan would arrest and deport the California rice delegation at US Commerce Department sponsored trade shows, claiming there is nothing the Californians could teach Japan about growing rice. Literally arrest and deport the Californians. Never mind that at least in the 1980s and 1990s when this conflict was ongoing Japanese rice cost about five times as much as California rice of equal quality. That has now changed and you find Calrose rice is a popular product in Japanese Costco stores. I believe only Australia grows rice in the same water thrifty way that California does. I have had rice all over Asia and none are clearly better than that from California and some like the rice my family in Shanghai buys is very much inferior.
Desert Tortoise
A Mediterranean climate and relative scarcity of water drives a different form of rice agriculture in California.
https://calrice.org/industry/how-rice-grows/
https://ricefarmingtv.com/how-rice-is-planted-in-california/
Desert Tortoise
The Salinas, San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys have the most fertile and productive soil in the US. Most California rice is grown in the Sacramento Valley where the soil is soft dark loam. There are no antibiotics used on California rice. Any herbicides or pesticides are applied very early in the rice growth so there is no residue on the mature grains at harvest. Water depth is used to help control weeds. Shallow water no more than 5 inches (127 mm) allows the rice to out compete the weeds, minimizing the need for herbicides.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
Yes but it isn't grown in Japan and of a much lesser quality in both flavor and nutritional value
I never buy USA rice.
Yuk !
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
It most certainly is !
Countries that have very poor safety processing issues like with rodents and insects and especially mycotoxins bleach and irradiate the grain products.
Usa has a terrible issue with mycotoxins and insect excrement.
Not to mention the terrible soil quality and everything is sprayed with antibiotics.
painkiller
RedstormToday 04:55 pm JST
Still, more varieties in the US. Brown rice in Japan is basically the same everywhere. In fact, if I do buy brown rice in Japan, I get it from Yonaguni.
Most is, others are from Thailand, Pakistan, India.
Depending in which country I am in.
painkiller
India's summer-sown rice accounts for more than 85% of its annual production, which jumped to a record 129.66 million tonnes in the crop year to June 2022.
Doesn't Japan basically have only one harvest season? Some countries like Laos or Vietnam have 2-3 harvest seasons.
Japan needs to increase its rice production; it has a huge market in China.
Yrral
Redstorm it against the law to bring anything such as rice in the US
painkiller
Adverse weather across top rice suppliers in Asia, including the biggest exporter India, is threatening to reduce the output of the world's most important food staple and stoke food inflation that is already near record highs.
Good thing I bring rice to Japan from the US.
kurisupisu
Japan has an aging population of farmers and this means that slowly but surely food security in Japan is being affected.
At the moment, Thailand has a glut of rice and I’ll be getting some Thai mai this month-very fragrant!
Yrral
I like instant rice,it take minute to prepare,I had a plastic fork break off in my rice, instead of looking for the tip of the broken fork,I fed the rice to stray cat,I was really looking forward to this tasty rice