BANGKOK (AFP): A 15-year high in rice prices, prompted by top exporter India's restrictions on overseas sales, should be a wake-up call on how climate change can disrupt food supplies, experts say.
Rice prices jumped 9.8 per cent in August, bucking decreases in other staples, the Food and Agriculture Organization said last week.
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