Bangladesh have hurt prospects for rice area and production in the nation, according to an Oct. 30 Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the USDA. Total area planted to rice in Bangladesh is estimated at 11.372 million hectares in 2017-18, down from 11.748 million hectares in 2016-17, according to the USDA. Meanwhile, production of rice is forecast at 33.150 million tonnes, down from 34.578 million tonnes in 2016-17.