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Rice planting in Champasak province Laotian women planting rice seedlings near Sekong. Rice production in Laos is important to the national economy and food supply. [1] [2]Rice is a key staple for Laos, and over 60% of arable land is used for its cultivation. [2]
Rice production in Thailand represents a significant portion of the Thai economy and labor force. [1] In 2017, the value of all Thai rice traded was 174.5 billion baht, about 12.9% of all farm production. [2] Of the 40% of Thais who work in agriculture, 16 million of them are rice farmers by one estimate. [3] [4]
Rice production by country (2019) This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457 [1] metric tonnes. In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.
Paddy rice production declined again in 1991 and 1992 also because of drought. [1] By 1990 the World Bank estimated that production was growing at an increasingly faster rate of 6.2 percent. [1] Increased production, long one of the government's goals, is a result in part of greater use of improved agricultural inputs during the 1970s and 1980s ...
The Thai Ministry of Agriculture expected rice production to yield around 30 million tons of rice for 2008. [49] The most produced strain of rice in Thailand is jasmine rice, which has a significantly lower yield rate than other types of rice, but also normally fetches more than double the price of other strains in a global market. [48]
Rice production in Thailand represents a significant portion of the Thai economy and labor force.[1] In 2017, the value of all Thai rice traded was 174.5 billion baht, about 12.9% of all farm production.[2] Of the 40% of Thais who work in agriculture, 16 million of them are rice farmers by one estimate.[3][4]
Jasmine rice (Thai: ข้าวหอมมะลิ; RTGS: Khao hom mali; Thai pronunciation: [kʰâːw hɔ̌ːm malíʔ]) is a long-grain variety of fragrant rice (also known as aromatic rice). Its fragrance, reminiscent of pandan ( Pandanus amaryllifolius ) and popcorn, [ 2 ] results from the rice plant's natural production of aroma ...
Organisation of Rice Exporting Countries (OREC) is a proposed organisation of South-East Asian countries which would regulate rice. The group was expected to be made up of Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand and Vietnam .