Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered a global-scale disruption that is set to cascade through food supply chains and worsen hunger, but Asia’s love for rice could limit the fallout.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has signed Circular No. 06/2022/TT-BCT stipulating regulations on the import of rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia under tariff quotas for 2021 and 2022.

The Odisha government is aiming at boosting exports of non-Basmati aromatic rice to open new avenues of income for paddy farmers, an official release said on Monday.

India-based rice business LT Foods, known for its Daawat brand, has acquired a 51% controlling stake in US peer Golden Star Trading for an undisclosed sum.

Riceland Foods is one of the world’s largest processors of grain and rice. They expect prices to rise higher for their products while Russia and Ukraine are at war.

As California entered a second year of drought last spring, the slash in water allocation didn’t catch Rachel Krach and Greg Massa, owners of Massa Organics, by surprise. The real shocker came when they went to plant their Sacramento Valley rice fields: an unprecedented, three-week delay in their expected supply.

Overall, the prices of staple cereals and non-cereal food commodities experienced negligible to slight fluctuations in January 2022 when compared to the previous month’s prices.

The Thai Rice Exporters Association said recently that the Russia-Ukraine war has not shaken rice exports yet, though rising oil prices may affect the situation in the long run.

Concerns have been raised about potential supply chain disruptions as a result of the war or sanctions levied against Moscow and Russian entities.

An indispensable dish found at every festive event of the Lu ethnic minority people in the northern province of Lai Chau is five-colour sticky rice. The recipe has been preserved by the Lu people through generations and has become a part of their unique cultural identity.