The commonly touted solution to achieve food security has always been articulated as achieving self-sufficiency in rice … the numbers, the picture it paints is not pretty. Achieving rice self-sufficiency comes with a price, and let us take a …

This study assesses the impact of increased fertilizer prices under different scenarios on rice production, consumption …, trade and prices. Using a global rice model based on a partial equilibrium framework, the simulation results show that a 30 …% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices would reduce rice yields by 0.45% to 1.33%, but increase world rice prices by 7% to …