Rice Shortfall in Laos
BANGKOK, Thailand — Laos had a 255,000-ton shortfall of rice after droughts and other scourges this year and will be appealing to international agencies for food aid, the official KPL news agency said Sunday in a report monitored in Bangkok.
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