# Energy in farming and Rice

Energy in farming needs rice; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/energy-in-farming-and-rice/

[Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_agri_energy/) (energy) and [Rice](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/) (commodity): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Material need

*Physical flow · Direct · Rice → Energy in farming*

Building or running Energy in farming needs rice.

### 2. Price link: energy cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Diesel pumps irrigate much of South and Southeast Asia's rice, and fuel moves harvests to ports. The diesel proxy shows no monthly link and yearly moves at only 0.17, since cheap electricity for pumps in India and export rules dampen fuel effects.

- **-0.00** monthly change correlation
- **0.17** 12-month change correlation
- **0.19** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.