The 2008 rice crisis: fluke or warning bell? The 2008 rice crisis: fluke or warning bell? July 1, 2010 The 2008 rice crisis seems to be a distant memory now, with rice prices slipping back to...Read More
Climate change and supply concerns dominate World Rice Conference Climate change and supply concerns dominate World Rice Conference January 21, 2010 The first World Rice Conference organized by The Rice Trader in Mactan, Cebu, Philippines, on 27-29 October...Read More
Asian consumption to drive markets in 2009 Asian consumption to drive markets in 2009 April 24, 2009 The global financial crisis may have slowed the consumption of various commodities, but Asian demand for grains...Read More
Food security and fertilizer Food security and fertilizer January 26, 2009 Food security is back on the global agenda. With the recent food crisis, public attention has returned...Read More
World Rice Commerce 2008: price volatility set to continue World Rice Commerce 2008: price volatility set to continue January 26, 2009 Sustained price volatility” was the conclusion at the 7th World Rice Commerce 2008 Conference held in Chiang...Read More
Rice and the global financial crisis Rice and the global financial crisis January 26, 2009 In the October–December 2008 issue of Rice Today, I wrote an article (Rice crisis:, pages 40-41) the...Read More
Running out of steam Running out of steam July 21, 2008 Even before the dramatic price spike in early 2008, rice prices on the world market increased every...Read More
Lost in transmission Lost in transmission July 18, 2008 World market rice prices tripled between April 2007 and April 2008, with most of the increase coming...Read More
Troubling trade Troubling trade April 21, 2008 International rice trading is not a business for the faint-hearted. Thailand’s exporters knew that well. They also...Read More
The true price of rice The true price of rice January 18, 2008 Of the world’s 1.1 billion poor people, almost 700 million people with income of less than a...Read More