This FARMD Featured Topic provides a brief introduction to some of the key production risks faced by rice producers globally. This Topic shares the experience, insight, and research of practitioners and academics working, and researching, in this space. Authors include representatives from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Utah State University, the Center for Continuing Education and Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Development Studies in Ghana, and the Indonesia Center for Agricultural Socio-Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS).
The major production risks affecting the rice sector include weather events such as drought and flood as well as the occurrence of rice pests and diseases.