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I never imagined that Thailand rice standards would end up as the topic of discussion at SSI.  Had to Google this one.  Apparently, Grade A rice is the rice that you see in the grocery store.  It all looks the same, and has been uniformly milled without husks.  Rice that is not uniform or standard is Grade B.  Rotten rice that is unfit for human consumption is Grade C.  What is disturbing about this, is that if you can't even afford Grade B rice, then you certainly can't afford protein, vitamins, or fruits and vegetables.  That is, if children just ate rice, even Grade A rice, they would still be classified as starving and suffer bone and brain deformities from malnourishment, even if they weren't starving enough to die from it.  If all a guy ate was Grade B rice, he would be expected to live somewhere around the ripe old age of 35.  Plus, he really wouldn't have the mental or physical faculties to get anything going for his future, as he would be too malnourished to work or make complicated plans.  Plus, he would be starving his children through their mother's pregnancy and formative years, and perpetuating the cycle of starvation.
What is the life expectancy of a Grade C rice guy?
This sort of problem is completely foreign as the only starving or malnourished people in the United States are the children of drug addicts.  
Thanks for the reality check.  It is easy to forget how good you have it.  
Food for thought: Haiti often ranks No. 1 on the world starvation index, and nothing ever seems to be done about that country.  It is a sobering thought that the poorest place in the world is not somewhere in Africa, but is in our own backyard.