India's drought conditions bode poorly for #rice prices — and for #FoodPrices in general as supplies run short of other grains.
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The losses are catastrophic in every direction. Italy: extreme drought
Massimo Saronni walks across his rice field, each step a loud crunch. This field should be flooded with water, flourishing with four-foot emerald green blades and golden rice panicles. Instead, the plants have taken on a yellow-brown tinge and the soil has hardened from lack of rain. Small patches of survivors dot the field, but they only reach his ankle.
“These crops are seriously damaged. They haven’t had water, so they’re not going to make it,” says Saronni, who has worked as a rice farmer for over 30 years. He cultivates different rice varieties, including carnaroli, a high-starch rice prized in Italian cuisine for the creamy risotto it makes.
Northern Italy is suffering from spiking temperatures and its worst drought in more than 70 years.
Italy is the biggest producer of rice in the European Union—accounting for over half of its total production—and importers of Italian rice will surely feel the pinch.
#eu #rice #italy #FoodPrices
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/extreme-drought-threatens-italy-rice-crops-and-its-beloved-risotto
Massimo Saronni walks across his rice field, each step a loud crunch. This field should be flooded with water, flourishing with four-foot emerald green blades and golden rice panicles. Instead, the plants have taken on a yellow-brown tinge and the soil has hardened from lack of rain. Small patches of survivors dot the field, but they only reach his ankle.
“These crops are seriously damaged. They haven’t had water, so they’re not going to make it,” says Saronni, who has worked as a rice farmer for over 30 years. He cultivates different rice varieties, including carnaroli, a high-starch rice prized in Italian cuisine for the creamy risotto it makes.
Northern Italy is suffering from spiking temperatures and its worst drought in more than 70 years.
Italy is the biggest producer of rice in the European Union—accounting for over half of its total production—and importers of Italian rice will surely feel the pinch.
#eu #rice #italy #FoodPrices
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/extreme-drought-threatens-italy-rice-crops-and-its-beloved-risotto
Environment
Extreme drought threatens Italy’s rice crops—and its beloved risotto
Prized rice varieties used for risotto are grown in northern Italy’s normally flooded paddies, but record heat and drought are causing devastation and consternation.
World’s largest rice exporter restricts shipments
India has banned sending broken rice abroad and imposed a 20% duty on other varieties.
The South Asian nation cited food security concerns in making the move, which was announced on Thursday, as below-average monsoon rainfall had curtailed planting. India exports rice to more than 150 countries.
IceAgeFarmer note: this is the “food nationalism” that was described by Podesta’s Food Chain Reaction Game leading to massive geopolitical instability and hunger
#india #rice
https://www.rt.com/business/562484-india-restricts-rice-exports/
India has banned sending broken rice abroad and imposed a 20% duty on other varieties.
The South Asian nation cited food security concerns in making the move, which was announced on Thursday, as below-average monsoon rainfall had curtailed planting. India exports rice to more than 150 countries.
IceAgeFarmer note: this is the “food nationalism” that was described by Podesta’s Food Chain Reaction Game leading to massive geopolitical instability and hunger
#india #rice
https://www.rt.com/business/562484-india-restricts-rice-exports/
RT
World’s largest rice exporter restricts shipments
Major global rice exporter, India, has reportedly curbed shipments to provide domestic availability