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Floods ravage vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl [1]

Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region’s poorest, experts say.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2011
New Age (Bangladesh) [2]
Tags:
Floods [3], Natural Disasters [4], Asia [5], Agriculture [6], Rice [7], Thailand [8], Vietnam [9], Cambodia [10], Laos [11]
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