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CHAPTER 3:BASIC STORY STRUCTUREIdentify hard news, features and news featuresIdentify lead and body and how they are different for hard news and featuresWrite a summary lead and define inverted pyramidIdentify so what (nut graph), news peg, context and background
Hard news vs. soft newsHard or breaking newsTimely stories about events that have just happened or are about to happen.Examples:• Crime• Accidents• Disasters• Government reports• Parliament passes a law• One company buys another• Results of a badminton match • Photo by Steven Taschuk
Hard news vs. soft news
Soft news or featuresNews that entertains or informs with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less so on immediacy. Often, inspires warm and fuzzy feelings.Examples:• Animals• Children • Celebrities• Humor • Holidays Photo by Nathan
Structure of a story
Lead
Body
= introduction
= the rest
Hard news vs. soft newsHard or breaking newsTimely stories about events that have just happened or are about to happen.
• Photo by Steven Taschuk
Lead
Body
• Usually one sentence• What the story is about• Summary of the most
important of the 5 Ws and H
• Info in order of importance• Explains and supports lead• Details, quotes, background
Definition: Inverted pyramidHard-news structure
Story organization in which the most important information is placed at the beginning, or in the lead, followed by information that supports the lead, and then less important information.
Origin: inverted pyramid
• American Civil War reporters sent stories by telegraph.• Stories were often cut off in mid-sentence, before the
reporter had said who’d won the battle. • Editors: file fact-filled summaries FIRST, then add the
details.
Hard-news structure
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Advantages: inverted pyramid•Condenses information efficiently, so readers can grasp facts quickly.
•Allows editors to trim stories from the bottom, since the details in the text become gradually less essential.
•Forces reporter to focus on what are the most important elements
Hard-news structure
Disadvantages: inverted pyramid•Can be boring. No suspense.•Doesn’t tell the reader a story with a beginning, middle and end.
• Instead of a strong ending, the story loses steam, encouraging people to stop reading.
Hard-news structure
Writing from the Top Down: Pros and Cons of the Inverted Pyramid, by Chip Scanlan for Poynter.org
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
Example: inverted pyramidThe world’s oldest dog has died in Sakura, Japan, at the age of 26 years and eight months — equal to 125 human years.
Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, died Monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat.
“I thank him for living so long with me,” owner Yumiko Shinohara told reporters. “I felt as if he was my child.”
The dog was born at the home of Shinohara’s sister in March 1985 and was registered as a pet on April 1 that year.
In 2008, he suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. A veterinarian told Shinohara it would be difficult to save Pusuke’s life, but the dog underwent successful surgery.
Pusuke was recognized as the world’s oldest living dog last December. The Guinness record for canine longevity is 29 years, set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939.
Hard-news structure
From Tim Harrower’s Inside Reporting
The story: “3 Little Pigs”Hard-news structure
From "Three little pigs - third pig builds a house - Project Gutenberg eText 15661"
The story: “3 Little Pigs”• Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. One pig built
a house of straw, while the second pig built his house with sticks. The third little pig built his house with bricks.
• Spying a tasty meal, a big bad wolf chased the first two pigs, and they ran and hid in their houses. The wolf went to the first house of straw and huffed and puffed and blew the house down. The frightened little pig ran to the second pig’s house that was made of sticks. The wolf came to this house of sticks and huffed and puffed and blew the house down. Now, the two little pigs ran to the third pig’s house that was made of bricks.
• The big bad wolf tried to huff and puff and blow the brick house down, but he could not. He tried to enter through the chimney, but the third little pig boiled a big pot of water and kept it below the chimney. The wolf fell into it and died.Excerpted from: http://shortstoriesshort.com/story/the-three-little-pigs/
Hard-news structure
5 Ws and H: “3 Little Pigs”Who? • The three little pigs and the wolfWhat happened? • Wolf blew down the straw and stick houses of the first
two little pigs. Wolf tried but failed to blow down the brick house of the third pig, where all three pigs had gathered. Wolf tried to enter the brick house through the chimney and fell into a pot of boiling water and died.
Where did it take place? • At a straw house, a stick house and a brick house.When did it take place? At various times in one day.
Hard-news structure
Excerpted from http://blog.journalistics.com/2010/five-ws-one-h/
5 Ws and H: “3 Little Pigs”Why did it happen? • Wolf was trying to eat the pigs. How did it happen? • The first two houses were not built to withstand Wolf’s
powerful breath. Unable to blow down the brick house, Wolf fell into a pot of boiling water when entering through the chimney.
Hard-news structure
Text excerpted from http://blog.journalistics.com/2010/five-ws-one-h/ Image by "Page 69 illustration in English Fairy Tales" by Joseph Jacobs - English Fairy Tales, Jacobs, J., 1895 New York : Grossett & Dunlap (2nd edition?)
Hard-news structure
WHODID
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Strong, active verb
What’s your summary lead for “3 Little Pigs”?A wolf blew down two pigs’ houses but was killed when he entered a third pig’s house, according to witnesses. None of the pigs was injured.
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Summary lead• Usually one sentence• What the story is about:
who did what• Summary of the most
important of the 5 Ws and H
Hard news vs. soft newsSoft news or features
News that entertains or informs with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less so on immediacy. Often, inspires warm and fuzzy feelings.Examples:• Animals• Children • Celebrities• Humor • Holidays Photo by Nathan
Vocabulary review
• Human interest:An event or situation that appeals to the emotions of readers• Anecdote:A short factual story within a feature story, written with a beginning, middle and end. It is usually several paragraphs and illustrates an important point the writer is trying to make.
Hard news, soft news or news feature
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Vocabulary review• So what? or nut graph:A phrase meant to remind reporters to include in their stories the significance of a news event or feature. It tells the reader why they should care about a particular event and how it could affect people.
Hard news, soft news or news feature
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Vocabulary review• So what? or nut graph
answers:• What’s really important
about this event or development?
• Why do my readers or listeners need to know this?
• How will it affect their lives?
Hard news, soft news or news feature
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Vocabulary review• So what? or nut
graph answers:• What’s really
important about this event or development?
• Why do my readers or listeners need to know this?
• How will it affect their lives?
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Vice President U Nyan Tun met Mr. Nikolai P. Patrushev, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council and party at the President Hotel in Moscow on Wednesday morning.They discussed further cementing friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, cooperation in defence and security sectors, preparations for signing the MOUs,…..
No nut graph
Vocabulary review
• News peg:The recent breaking or hard news that has prompted this more in-depth news feature.
Hard news, soft news or news feature
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Hard news vs. soft newsSoft news or featuresNews that entertains or informs with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less so on immediacy. Often, inspires warm and fuzzy feelings.
Lead
Body
• May be a description of a person or place or a little story, or anecdote
• Includes so what or nut graph
• No more than four graphs
• Has a beginning, middle and end
• Good descriptions and quotes
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Hard news vs. soft news
News featureA story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.Examples:• Trend stories• Events told through the eyes of one person• A follow-up story that examines one angle of a breaking-news event in more detail
• Anniversaries of news events
• Photos by Steven Taschuk and Nathan
Soft news versus news feature: what’s the key difference?• Soft news: News that entertains or informs with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less so on immediacy. Often, inspires warm and fuzzy feelings.
• News feature: A story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.
Hard news, soft news or news feature
News featureA story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.
Lead
Body
• May be a description of a person or place or a little story, or anecdote
• Includes so what or nut graph with news peg
• No more than four grafs
• Has a beginning, middle and end
• Good descriptions and quotes
Vocabulary reviewA. Timely stories about events
that have just happened or are about to happen.
B. News that entertains or informs with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less so on immediacy. Often, inspires warm and fuzzy feelings.
C. A story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.
Hard news, soft news or news feature
1. Soft news2. Hard news3. News feature
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Hard
Hard news, soft news or news feature
“Zhou Yongkang…shared the documents with his
qigong master, who claims supernatural abilities.”
So What?or nut graph
Hard news, soft news or news feature
“It’s the latest example of a trusted relationship between the leadership of the party, which nominally espouses atheism, and spirituality.”
Newsfeature
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Hard news vs. soft news
News featureA story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.Examples:A. Trend storiesB. Events told through the eyes of one personC. A follow-up story that examines one angle of
a breaking-news event in more detail D. Anniversaries of news events
• Photos by Steven Taschuk and Nathan
Trendstory
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Summary lead: whodid what
Hard
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Newsfeature
Hard news vs. soft news
News featureA story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.Examples:A. Trend storiesB. Events told through the eyes of one personC. A follow-up story that examines one angle of
a breaking-news event in more detail D. Anniversaries of news events
• Photos by Steven Taschuk and Nathan
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Events told through one
person’s eyes
Hard news, soft news or news feature
• May be a description of a person or place or a little story, or anecdote
• Includes so what or nut graph with news peg
• No more than four grafs
Lead
Hard news, soft news or news feature
Summary lead: whodid what
Hard
Hard news, soft news or news feature
May 6, 2015
Hard news, soft news or news feature
• May be a description of a person or place or a little story, or anecdote
• Includes so what or nut graph with news peg
• No more than four grafs
Lead
Hard news, soft news or news feature
May 6, 2015 Newsfeature
Hard news vs. soft news
News featureA story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.Examples:A. Trend storiesB. Events told through the eyes of one personC. A follow-up story that examines one angle of
a breaking-news event in more detail D. Anniversaries of news events
• Photos by Steven Taschuk and Nathan
Hard news, soft news or news feature
May 6, 2015
Follow-up
Hard news, soft news or news featureJune 4, 1989
Hard
Hard news, soft news or news featureJune 2, 2014
Newsfeature
Hard news vs. soft news
News featureA story based on a breaking-news event reported with feature-writing techniques and/or a human-interest angle.Examples:A. Trend storiesB. Events told through the eyes of one personC. A follow-up story that examines one angle of
a breaking-news event in more detail D. Anniversaries of news events
• Photos by Steven Taschuk and Nathan
Hard news, soft news or news featureJune 2, 2014Anniversary of
news event
Definitions: context and backgroundBoth help readers better understand the event. Which is context? Background?
A. Information in a story that tells readers the current general situation related to the event being reported in the story.
B. Information in a story that tells readers what happened in the past, related to the event being reported in the story.
ContextBackground
Definitions: context and background
Find both: The prime minister’s statement came amid a tense stand-off between Cambodian and Thai troops near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which last month erupted into a clash that raised concerns of a border war.
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Definitions: context and background
Context? The prime minister’s statement came amid a tense stand-off between Cambodian and Thai troops near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which last month erupted into a clash that raised concerns of a border war.
By
Will
iam
Bre
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Definitions: context and background
Context? The prime minister’s statement came amid a tense stand-off between Cambodian and Thai troops near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which last month erupted into a clash that raised concerns of a border war.
By
Will
iam
Bre
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Definitions: context and background
Background? The prime minister’s statement came amid a tense stand-off between Cambodian and Thai troops near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which last month erupted into a clash that raised concerns of a border war.
By
Will
iam
Bre
hm
Definitions: context and background
Background? The prime minister’s statement came amid a tense stand-off between Cambodian and Thai troops near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which last month erupted into a clash that raised concerns of a border war.
By
Will
iam
Bre
hm
Definitions: context and background
So what, or nut graph? The prime minister’s statement came amid a tense stand-off between Cambodian and Thai troops near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which last month erupted into a clash that raised concerns of a border war.
By
Will
iam
Bre
hm
Definitions: context and background
So what, or nut graph? The prime minister’s statement came amid a tense stand-off between Cambodian and Thai troops near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which last month erupted into a clash that raised concerns of a border war.
By
Will
iam
Bre
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Bottom right, page 27:Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
•Hard news, soft news or news feature?•Lead?•Body?• Inverted pyramid?•News peg?•Attribution?•Context?•Background?•So what, or nut graph?
Review: Chapter 3
Hard news, soft news or news feature?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries are
studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
Hard
Lead?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
Body?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
Inverted pyramid?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
News peg?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
Attribution?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
Context?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
Background?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3
So what, or nut graf?Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River countries
are studying a plan to set up an association of rice-exporting nations. Vietnam’s prime minister made the announcement yesterday in Hanoi….
He says these nations are the rice bowl of the Asian region and their exports account for 50 percent of the world market so they have an important role to play in ensuring food security.
Thailand proposed a rice exporters’ cartel last April, as world grain prices reached record levels. It back away from the plan after the Asian Development Bank and rice-importing countries criticized it, saying it would increase hunger and poverty.
Review: Chapter 3