World Scrambles Amid Indian Rice Export Ban
A worker prepare rice for sale in Bangkok, Thailand. The lack of clarity about what India will do next and concerns about the El Nino means Thai exporters are reluctant to take orders, mill operators are unwilling to sell and farmers have increased the prices of unmilled rice, said the president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Vendor Francis Ndege measures rice at his stall in the Toi Market, Nairobi, Kenya. Now, Ndege isn’t sure if his customers in Africa’s largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.