This timely volume chronicles and analyses the intersection of rice policies and the pandemic through case studies of a diverse range of Southeast Asian countries rice exporters rice importers and citystates. There is no group of eminent researchers better suited to carrying out this work and they conduct the analysis by illuminating the historical context that is essential to an understanding of rice policies in the region. This volume is a mustread for anyone interested in rice policies and politics in contemporary Southeast Asia.David Dawe Former Senior Economist with the International Rice Research Institute and the Food and Agricultural Organization.This is highly recommended reading for those interested in an uptodate and indepth treatment of the political economy of rice policies in five major ASEAN countries one chapter per country.