Focus on Thailand
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | World Grain |
| Year of publication | 2024 April 8 |
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| Medium | Digital Note: Copyright restrictions mean the attachment below only contains part of the publication. The full document is available for inspection at the Mills Archive Research and Education Centre. |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Economics & commerce > Data & reviews |
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| Scope & content | Although rice production is holding steady, weather-related challenges are a constant worry for Thailand, which relies heavily on the crop as a food staple and export commodity. More than 60% of its agricultural land is allocated for rice farming, which is heavily dependent on water. Farmers typically grow rice twice a year during the wet and dry seasons. Production estimates for 2023-24 call for 19.9 million tonnes of rice, a 5% drop from 2022-23 due to reduced water availability during off-season production, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture. Exports in 2022-23 are expected to increase 14% from the previous year to 8.8 million tonnes, largely due to India’s export restrictions, and drop slightly in 2023-24 to 8 million tonnes as exportable rice supplies increase in Vietnam and Cambodia. |
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