![Foreign Policy: Photo Essay: The White Gold of ThailandVital Thais: As the world’s largest exporter of rice, a staple food for as many as 3 billion people, Thailand is a key link in the global food chain. The country produces roughly 20 million tons of rice annually, nearly half of which it exports. Globally, just 6 percent of all rice grown each year is exported, and Thai rice accounts for about a third of all rice traded on the international market. [Credit to I Fight Evil for finding the story for me]](http://29.media.tumblr.com/ddmO3rswr886wluzXJuY5v2a_500.jpg)
Foreign Policy: Photo Essay: The White Gold of Thailand
Vital Thais: As the world’s largest exporter of rice, a staple food for as many as 3 billion people, Thailand is a key link in the global food chain. The country produces roughly 20 million tons of rice annually, nearly half of which it exports. Globally, just 6 percent of all rice grown each year is exported, and Thai rice accounts for about a third of all rice traded on the international market.
[Credit to I Fight Evil for finding the story for me]
