High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest - New York Times

High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest - New York Times: "HANOI — Rising prices and a growing fear of scarcity have prompted some of the world’s largest rice producers to announce drastic limits on the amount of rice they export.

The price of rice, a staple in the diets of nearly half the world’s population, has almost doubled on international markets in the last three months. That has pinched the budgets of millions of poor Asians and raised fears of civil unrest."