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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]
That move kicked off a decade of handouts that stymied productivity in Thailand's rice sector, leaving average yields per rai (0.4 acres) lower than those of Bangladesh and Nepal, said Nipon ...
Another study found that each degree-Celsius increase in global mean temperature would, on average, reduce yields of rice by 3.2 percent and maize by 7.4 percent. Both are important Thai crops. [64] Already, due to the drought of 2015-2016, rice production declined 16 percent from 19.8 million tons to 16.5 million. [5]
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.
Food production per capita since 1961 Grain silos Rice plantation in Thailand Cambodians planting rice, 2004. Agricultural productivity is measured as the ratio of agricultural outputs to inputs. [1] While individual products are usually measured by weight, which is known as crop yield, varying products make measuring overall agricultural ...
The average world yield for rice was 4.7 metric tons per hectare (2.1 short tons per acre), in 2022. [37] Yuan Longping of China's National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center set a world record for rice yield in 1999 at 17.1 metric tons per hectare (7.6 short tons per acre) on a demonstration plot.
The Thai Ministry of Agriculture expected rice production to yield around 30 million tons of rice for 2008. [48] 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. [47]
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