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FAO Rice Market Monitor, May 1999

Year of publication 1999

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Rice Market Monitor

Series number Vol. II No. 2

Synopsis (short abstract) The bulk of this season's rice crop is still to be planted in most of Asia, pending the arrival of monsoon rains, although planting of paddy for the 1999 season is underway in some of the Northern Hemisphere countries. In the Southern Hemisphere and around the equatorial belt, the 1999 main paddy crop season is nearing completion. Production there is expected to rebound as a result of a ea expansion and improved growing conditions compared to theprevious season. FAO's forecast for global paddy output in 1999 is for an increase of 1 to 2 percent over last year’s level. This forecast is still tentative and hinges on the timing, extent and distribution of the Asian monsoon.

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