FAO sees world rice output up 3 pct in 2011

ROME (Reuters) - World rice production is expected to rise to 480 million tonnes in 2011, or 3 percent higher than a year earlier, due to improved weather conditions, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Monday. In a report, FAO gave what it called a very preliminary estimate on global rice paddy output, on a milled basis, saying the effects of the La Nina weather

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