Rice Crop Gains in Africa, Asia but Prices High

VOA news - Mon, 2012-05-07 12:54


An Indian farmer pulls his oxen after plowing a rice paddy in Allahabad, India, FILE June 17, 2010.

The FAO predicts world rice production at the paddy level will exceed 730 million tons for 2012 - up almost two percent from 2011.