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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)

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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Must be preference because I greatly prefer Thai Jasmine rice over Indian Basmati. But they're different.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I prefer jasmine rice for Thai food and Basmati rice for Indian food. Anything else would be strange.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

100% agreed.