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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]
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]
Sixty percent of cultivated land is devoted to rice paddies. The concentration on rice farming has made the farmers vulnerable to fluctuating prices. This has been reduced somewhat by increased diversification, but Isan still accounts for half of Thailand's exports of rice, cassava, and sugar. These crops employ 700,000 Isan families. [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.
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]
The family behind Koda Farms, the creator of beloved rice strains such as Kokuho Rose and Sho-Chiku-Bai, will end rice production after nearly 100 years.
According to R-Haan co-owner/chef Chumpol Jangprai, there’s evidence suggesting mango sticky rice has been around since Thailand’s late Ayutthaya period (1351-1767), with references to the ...
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