The 2008 rice trade crisis has in fact accelerated pre-existing dynamics, particularly the transition from a smallholder sector to an industrial or semiindustrial sector that is more integrated and capable of competing with imported rice in terms of quality (OECD/SWAC, 2011). The sector should ideally be structured around high capacity rice mills, which have signed contracts with producers, provide seed and inputs to rice farmers, who in turn sell their production to the contracting rice mill. This would ensure a regular supply to the mill of a uniform, high quality raw material.