Rice is the main commodity consumed in sub-Saharan Africa, at a rate of 38.8 million tonnes per year. India is the largest exporter of rice on the planet, accounting for more than 40% of global exports.
Vietnam and Thailand are mainly taking advantage of the Indian crisis to export more of their rice. The risk posed by this crisis is not so much a possible shortage as the rise in the high price of rice, which will deprive some of the world's inhabitants of this commodity.