Excerpt from World Rice Production and Trade: October 1946Despite a larger acreage planted-this season in the world's major prewar surplus - rice region Siam, Burma. And French Indochina its harvests will be far short of the prewar volume. Last year the acreage of these countries averaged about 50 percent of prewar rice area. In 1946-47 their acreage is estimated to be from 55 to 80 percent of aver age, partially because drought prevented the farmers from sowing intended acreages. Yields also will likely be lower than those obtained under prewar conditions. (see fig.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.