Asia Society Korea’s Matthew Fennell spoke with H.E. Vikram Doraiswami ... Basmati rice is the most internationally well known of the rice grown in India. What do you think makes this rice so popular?
In Asia, for example, it provides 50 to 80 percent ... according to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. Rice-growing methods are almost as varied as the grain's ...
Inclement weather in South Asia - uneven monsoon rains in India and floods in Pakistan - has affected supplies. Costs of growing rice have gone up because of a rise in prices of fertilisers.
Rice is a food staple for billions of people worldwide, with demand doubling over the past 50 years, and is predominantly grown in Asia before being exported globally. This crop is sensitive to ...