High rice prices bring risk of social unrest, UN warns

Rising wheat prices and food shortages triggered the Arab Spring, which toppled governments a decade ago.

Soaring rice prices are fuelling food insecurity concerns for billions of people in Asia and Africa reliant on this staple.

India accounted for nearly 40% of the global rice trade in the past three years. Soaring prices are fuelling concerns about food insecurity for billions of people in Asia and Africa who depend on the grain. Back then, both Vietnam and India restricted exports. Food shortages have also contributed to unrest in the past, with surging wheat prices helping spark the Arab Spring that toppled governments just over a decade ago.

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