Rice Production Down Due to Limited Rainfall, Report Says
After rising significantly in recent years, Cambodia’s rice production will fall this year because of a shortage of rain, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a new report. In its second quarter Rice Market Monitor report for 2012 published on Monday, the FAO said it had revised the global forecast for rice paddy production, “following a worsening of the outlook in Asia.” In Cambodia, the report says, 8.7 million tons of rice paddy will be produced this year, a 1 per-cent drop fro last year’s record 8.8 million tons. …
