Country’s 2015-17 rice production is forecast up 11%.

Corn is impacted by soil acidification.

Imports by Nigeria are expected to fall 17%.

Narula is one of the world’s largest growers of organic rice.

Traders are expressing concern for the next harvest.

The nation’s rice production has shown no long-term growth over the past 30 years.

This is the fourth consecutive year the nation saw a decline.

Wheat production estimated to decrease due to heavy rains.

The increase in production is due to the larger planted and harvested area of winter crop in the Mekong River Delta.

Besides Asia, no place in the world consumes more rice than this heavily populated area.