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Indian export curbs on parboiled and basmati rattle the world rice marketIndia's restrictions on rice exports have caused panic in the global market, with rice prices in Asia nearing a 15-year high. The anxiety o...- Soaring rice prices stretch budgets for billions in Asia, AfricaThe grain accounts to 60% of total calorie intake for Southeast Asia and Africa and about 70% in countries like Bangladesh.
- Rice risks hitting decade-high as Indian curbs rock global marketIndia has banned a majority of rice shipments causing the price of rice to surge. Rice is a staple food in Asia and Africa and a hike in ri...
- India works to avoid panic over rice with targeted export curbThe government is discussing curbs on broken rice exports, which account for a little under 20% of the country’s shipments abroad. While su...
- Food export bans in Asia prompt fears of more protectionismGlobal food supplies have been disrupted by not only the war in Ukraine but also by the coronavirus pandemic, recent bouts of extreme weath...
- Bigger food crisis can be averted if Asia remembers not to panicIf nations do not panic or start hoarding, they can stop the current crisis from becoming a rerun of the one in 2008.
- Length of one's lifespan may soon be predicted, all thanks to DNAAnalysing people's DNA may help predict the length of their lifespan.
- Food prices will peak again this year, says Yaneer Bar-Yam, maths whizScientist Yaneer Bar-Yam uses complex mathematical models to study past food-price patterns and predict future trends.
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