in the emphasis has reversed with producers of rice and maize being supported at the expense of consumers the relatively low sct value for rice during compared to other commodities such as beef and sugar is the direct result of policy efforts to limit the transmission of international price rises to the domestic market during and the sct for rice was and in and and in and and in furthermore while rice production is the dominant beneficiary of fertiliser subsidies this support is not apportioned to rice or any other single commodity