Many global food supply chains have been significantly impacted by labour shortages, lockdowns, and transport disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to worldwide price rises for some staple crops. But one commodity – rice – has bucked the trend, with S&P Global reporting that rice prices have largely fallen since 2020. Better-than-expected harvests in China and India have saturated rice markets, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) forecasts global rice production...