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The United Nations Millennium Development goals are to reduce hunger and poverty. This was the main reason for the UN declaration of the International Year of Rice in 2004. Rice is the source of more than 500 calories per person per day for over 3 billion people (FAOSTAT). By 2010...
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In Japan, it's not easy right now to find a supermarket stocked with the national staple — rice.
Store holders have put up signs asking consumers to limit purchases to one bag per person and social media is awash with images of empty shelves.
Tokyo resident Mito Mitsue told the ABC she had been to four supermarkets but had no luck.
"The shelves of rice in supermarkets are empty," she said.
While Ms. Mito said she was not worried for herself and was happy to substitute rice with noodles and bread, she said others were taking it very seriously.
Local media have called it the "Reiwa rice crisis" (Reiwa is the name of the current imperial era) and blamed a range of factors including a poor yield last year, climate change, and an influx of international tourists.
Panic buying has also played a big part.
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