The declining prices of rice on the international market since 1995 had caused a sharp drop in the return from rice production, which had been one of the major causes of poverty and hardship for many small farmers in developing countries.
1995年以来，国际市场的稻米价格下跌已使稻米生产的收益严重下滑，成为引起发展中国家许多小农贫穷的主要原因之一。