The FAO has estimated Thailand’s 2017 paddy production at 33.65 million MTS, up by 3.76% year-on-year and 1.22% above the five-year average. Despite floods in July 2017 in northeastern...

The FAO has forecast Haitian 2018 paddy production at 183,000 MTS, up by 2.3% year-on-year and 13.7% above the five-year average. The main season crop benefitted from favourable weather conditions...

The Philippine Statistics Authority has forecast Q2 2018 paddy production at 4.07 million MTS, down by 1.93% year-on-year. Harvested area is forecast to contract to 932,640ha (-1.54%) and the...

The FAO has estimated Liberia's 2017 paddy production at 279,000 MTS, up by 3.72% year-on-year and similar to the five-year average, despite localised dry spells in July and August. Total 2018...

The FAO has estimated Mali's 2017 paddy production at 2.92 million MTS, up by 5% year-on-year and 28.1% above the five-year average, despite the early cessation of rain in September. Although...

The FAO has estimated that Laotian 2017 paddy production increased to 4.17 million MTS, up by 1.2% year-on-year and 9% above the five-year average. Favourable weather conditions throughout the year...

The FAO has estimated that Ghanaian 2017 paddy production increased to 722,000 MTS, up by 4.9% year-on-year and 20.9% above the five-year average. Domestic prices have remained largely stable in...

The FAO has forecast Niger’s 2018 paddy production at 112,000 MTS, up by 6.67% year-on-year and 4.67% above the five-year average. Planting of the 2018 crop began on time in May and is due to...

The FAO has estimated Guinea-Bissau’s 2017 paddy production at 165,000 MTS, down by 11.3% year-on-year and 7.82% below the five-year average. Production was hampered by localised flooding...

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has estimated that Australian 2017/18 planted area decreased by 26.8% year-on-year to 60,000ha. As a result, paddy...

The LRI understands that the Iraqi government has banned paddy planting due to water shortages. Corn planting has also been banned as the Ministry of Agriculture prioritises water usage for...

Brazil’s National Supply Company (CONAB) has estimated Brazil’s paddy production in the 2017/18 marketing year (April – March) at 11.75 million MTS, up by 4.8% year-on-year....

The Federation of Rice Growers in Rwanda has raised domestic paddy prices following an increase in production costs, according to local reports. Short grain paddy will be sold at RWF 288 per kg (US...

Guyanese 2018 paddy production totalled 495,000 MTS as of 31 May, according to Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture. Total first crop production is forecast to exceed 500,000 MTS, with 2% of...