Rice crisis in Thailand: grain losses could reach 9 million tons

Thailand could lose up to nine million tons of rice this year. The reason was prolonged downpours, Khabar 24 reports. Analysts predict that this will lead to the largest shortage of rice in the last 20 years. The crisis can hit the Asia-Pacific region, the main consumer of the product, especially hard. The price of cereals has already skyrocketed to $17.5 per centner. This is 2 times more than it was in July 2020.