Nigeria has become one of the world's biggest importers of food staples, particularly rice and wheat, both of which the country could potentially grow in large enough quantities to be self-sufficient.

尼日利亚已经成为世界上最大的粮食进口国之一，特别是大米和小麦，该国本可以大面积种植这两类主粮，以实现自给自足。

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Meanwhile, the relative price of corn (maize) to rice, which is much more favoured, has jumped by half.

同时，原来占据优势的谷物(玉米)与大米的对比价格已经减半。

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He says even if it currently has a ban on exporting non-basmati breeds of rice, India, which supplies most of the rice to east Africa and the Middle east, continues to sell to other governments.

尽管印度目前禁止非巴斯·马蒂大米的出口，但是，印度仍然向东非和中东地区提供了大部分的供应，印度也会继续向其他国家出售大米的。

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Worse, the cyclone, which hit Myanmar's main rice-growing areas, may intensify the worldwide panic over rice supplies, which has already led to food riots in many countries (see article).

ECONOMIST: Cyclone in Myanmar

Kahang, which produces rice, vegetables, fruits, herbs and seafood, has tours of its rice fields, prawn harvests and wild duck sanctuary.

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Not least of the factors making for dissension among the Indonesian islands has been the ratio at which rice, in which Java is usually self-sufficient, exchanges for the products of the normally rice-deficient outer islands.

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