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At the 2017 World Rice Conference held in Macau, Thailand's hom mali 105 (jasmine) rice was declared the world's best rice, beating 21 competitors. [60] Thailand had entered three rice varieties in the competition. Since 2009 Thai jasmine rice has won the award five times. In 2018, Cambodian Malys Angkor jasmine rice was the winner. [61]
The following is a list of countries by paddy rice exports. Data is for 2022 as reported in Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database . [ 1 ] Rice is one of the biggest crops in the international grain trade , alongside other crops like wheat , maize (corn) and soybean .
Agriculture in Thailand is highly competitive, diversified and specialized and its exports are very successful internationally. Rice is the country's most important crop, with some 60 percent of Thailand's 13 million farmers growing it [1] on almost half of Thailand's cultivated land. [2] Thailand is a major exporter in the world rice market.
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] [2] metric tonnes. In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.
Agriculture in Singapore is a small industry, composing about 0.5% of the total GDP, within the city-state of Singapore. Singapore's reliance on imports for about 90% of its food underscores the paramount importance of food security. To address this, Singapore has set a goal to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030. [1]
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 .
Singapore and Siam started trade relations before the founding of Singapore by Stamford Raffles. At that time, some Chinese Siamese merchants went to Singapore for trading activities. [3] In 1871, King Rama V of Siam visited Singapore and this was the first time of the Monarchy of Thailand visiting a foreign country. [3]
While the rice crisis did occur at the same time as the 2007–2008 world food price crisis, Tom Slayton has argued the spike in rice prices are a special case. [2] Slayton argues that the price increases were a result of rising oil and petrochemical prices (peaking in July 2008); and export restrictions by a number of countries. [2]