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War decimated the landscape of Vietnam. The drastic economic times that followed drove Vietnam into the globalizing economy at lightning speed - and the country soon became the second largest exporter of rice in the world. After the war, Vietnam catapulted into the global marketplace, fast becoming the second largest producer of rice in the world. But the price of this rice is still being calculated: one out of every seven people in VIetnam goes hungry, for lack of rice, and farmers are spending more on chemical fertilizer than they are earning in profits. Outer Voices travelled to Vietnam and Laos to see first hand what environmental leader, Tranh Thi Lanh, has done to create a movement for sustainable agriculture in this region.
This is a story about farming - the pressures of global economy on people and land, the deep spiritual relationships that people develop with land, and that they in turn use to preserve it. And underneath that, there's what it is to build an environmental movement in Vietnam, after agent orange.
Transcript
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.prx.org/javascripts/tiny_mce/themes/advanced/langs/en.js?1245057264">The Price of Rice
BILLBOARD: :59
Vietnam has overcome years of war and environmental devastation to become the worlds 2nd largest exporter of rice...
LANH: but now 10 million people suffer from lacking of rice
SGS: joining the global marketplace has exacted a price on vietnam
KIEN: We are suffering from the consequences of intensified farming.
SGS: Can sustainable agriculture help to solve the Asian food crisis?
PHUONG: So we just...Give them the tools to produce enough food for family...and to protect the environment
In this hour, Outer Voices travels to Vietnam and Laos to find out.. This is the Price of Rice
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Timing and Cues
Billboard 1:00
Seg A 14:00
Break 1:00
Seg B 20:00
Break 1:00
Seg C 15:00
Total 52:00
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Additional Credits
Credits – The Price of Rice
Major underwriting for The Price of Rice was provided by:
The Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation and,
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Additional funding by the Lucius and Eva Eastman Foundation, the LEF Foundation and many other generous donors.
The Price of Rice was produced by Stephanie Guyer-Stevens for Outer Voices
Story Consultant was Catherine Stifter
Audio Editor was Jack Chance
Location Recording by Jack Chance and Simon Dearnaley
Additional narration recording by Claire Schoen.
Audio production assistance by Marisa Benzle
Transcription assistance by Claire Kinnison
Mix Engineer was Robin Wise of Sound Imagery
Pre-production field research by Cathy Hoang
Production Assistant in Vietnam and Laos was Karoline Kemp
Translators in Vietnam and Laos were Tu Kien Dang, Quang Tu Pham,
and Trong Tuan Dam
Research assistants were Sheena Stevens, Raina Davis, and Karoline Kemp.
Voiceovers were performed by Chinh Nguyen, Kim Thuy, and Maisie Nguyen.
Traditional music, recorded by Jack Chance. And Archives of Traditional Music In Laos
Many thanks to Tranh Thi Lanh, Minh Phuong Nguyen, and the entire staff of SPERI.
Thanks to the staff of Green Discovery in Luang Namtha, Laos.
Many thanks to the people of Ke, Ta Phin, Long Lan and Xien Da villages, Ban May Commune, and to the people of the villages in Luang Namtha conservation area, for their hospitality.
Thanks to Duy Khoi Do and to the class K1A of the HEPA farmer field school.
Thanks also to Carol Kresge, of The Language Project, Luang Prabang, Laos, and to and to Dan Imhoff, of Watershed Media.
Many thanks to Nha Pho and Nguyen Thanh Thuy for their assistance with music.
Special thanks to Dolly Oberti and Charlie Rinn, and to Wade Davis and Gail Percy for their hospitality.
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