From producers to consumers: how rice farmers face catastrophe

In the Philippines, poor farmers are struggling to feed their families as the cost of rice soars. Even though they are surrounded by rice paddies in a historically well-engineered system of fields and water, the escalating cost of rice is far exceeding their returns from farming the crop. Continuing migration to cities is sapping production ability and turning food producers into consumers, but the economic signals still favor leaving the farm. Full story: The Guardian