The Thai government has launched a 2,000-baht-per-rai incentive program to encourage farmers to switch from off-season rice to alternative crops, aiming to boost farmer incomes and raise jasmine rice prices above 13,000 baht per ton.
Extreme floods are slashing global rice yields faster than expected https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251115095918.htm
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Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater threat than previously understood. Intensifying extreme rainfall events may amplify these losses unless vulnerable regions adopt more resilient rice varieties.
My wife and I were 'debating' this the other night. Post apocalypse, only 1 of these plants is the staple. Which do you choose?
Considerations include eating and boozing.
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