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Global rice area is forecast to rise in 2020/2021
18.05.2020 15:50 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
According to the report of the USDA Grain: World Markets and Trade (May 2020), global rice area is forecast to rise in 2020/21. Area expansion is primarily based on resumption of planting in previously dry areas of Southeast Asia, more early-crop planting in China, and a substantial rebound in the United States. Yield is forecast to rise marginally. Production is up by more than 8 million tons to a new record. There are large production increases in several countries including China, Thailand, and the United States. The largest production declines are forecast in Brazil and the Philippines, although these are relatively modest. World rice consumption is set to increase by more than 1 percent with the largest growth in Asia (primarily India and China) and Sub-Saharan Africa. Food use accounts for the bulk of rice consumption globally, but non-food use in China has grown substantially as well. While per capita food use has been declining in most countries across East and Southeast Asia, there has been strong growth over the past decade within Sub-Saharan Africa.
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