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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[-] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago

Why can't South Asian diaspora just buy Thai jasmine rice instead?

[-] woooferine@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hong Kong here. We have rice almost everyday and apparently, we don't import them from India. Yet the "Rice Association" said that due to the India ban, the price of rice in Hong Kong will likely to rise by 10% in October.

The nations used to import from India are buying from everyone else, and that drives up the prices.

Edit: typo

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