Rice

摘要

With the 2004 season almost concluded in the southern hemisphere and main (first) season harvests in the major producing countries in the northern hemisphere also almost complete, good estimates of the crops gathered are ngw available and the overall outlook for global paddy production in 2004 has become much firmer. However, since the secondary (mostly irrigated) paddy crops in the northern hemisphere now account for a larger share of production, developments that might affect these crops, which are still in the ground in some countries, could still have a large impact on the final outcome of the season.