Why is growing rice becoming a challenge with each passing year

India being one of the major players in the world rice markets can't remain untouched with the weather and other challenges that the crop faces every year

Recently, The Economist had a piece on the crisis engulfing rice production worldwide including in India, where it is one of the main staple food items consumed by a sizable chunk of the population.

The crisis at least for India, according to the article, is mainly due to erratic monsoon, falling water tables in main growing regions, excessive exploitation of soil, etc. Add to this the rising demand mainly as a feedstock for grain-based distillation, volatile prices, etc.

All these are combined together to give rice production a sense of uncertainty and risk usually not associated with the crop.

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