Evaluation of factors affecting rice prices in the world

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Document Type : Review Paper

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PHD graduate in Geography and Rural Planning

10.22124/cr.2025.31019.1869

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Rice is a valuable food commodity in the world, most of which is produced and consumed in Asian countries. It plays an important role in providing the required calories among other foods for Asian people. The price of this valuable grain has fluctuated greatly over the past years due to various environmental and human factors, limiting access for consumers, especially in poor countries. This article aims to examine the factors affecting the fluctuations of rice prices in the world in different periods, from 1970 to 2025, as well as the trend of fluctuating rice prices in the years when rice experienced the highest price in the world. The most important factors affecting rice prices can be classified into two categories: natural factors and human factors, and their impact on rice prices has been increasing. Since strategic rice reserves in the world are limited, fluctuations and increases in rice prices are important and should be given special attention. Since Iran is one of the world's rice importers, and the share of rice in global trade is limited and its price is increasing in addition to fluctuating, using analysis of rice prices in the world over the past 5 decades to plan to support domestic production of high-yielding varieties and increase rice production in Iran will be effective.

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Cereal Research

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Available Online from 30 October 2025

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