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A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse (apnews.com)

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Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 11 points 1 year ago

Soy is very important in Asia. If there were soy shortage and rice shortage at the same time, people might literally riot. US and Brazil are the big exporter of soy and fortunately soy productions seems to be good this year.