Expensive Food, Poor Farmer.

1. 3 billion people worldwide rely on rice as a staple food
2. Thailand is one of the world's main rice exporters
3. The price of Thai B grade rice, a widely traded variety, reached $795 per ton in April, an increase of 147 percent from a year earlier.
4. And yet, Thai rice farmers are getting a lower price for their produce, because of the highly successful crop this year, urging the Thai government to bring in a subsidy scheme buying up 2.5 million tons of rice at a higher-than-market price.

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