Botswana: The Shrinking Food Basket

                   
allafrica.com     May 20, 2008            

Recent increases in food prices in Botswana are a replication of higher commodity prices since 2006. According to the 2007/2008 United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation report, the prices rose from 9.0% to more than 37% in September 2007. Research carried out on the level of retail... [read full story]                

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The Shrinking Food Basket

allafrica.com     May 20, 2008          

Recent increases in food prices in Botswana are a replication of higher commodity prices since 2006. According to the 2007/2008 United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation report, the prices rose from 9.0% to more than 37% in September 2007. Research carried out on the level of retail...                

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Rwanda: Rising Food Prices - Trends and Outcomes

allafrica.com     May 22, 2008          

The recent rise in food prices that has hit the regionand which have taken on an international dimension has caught off guard even the best food economists. There have been many riots over increased food prices in such countries as Egypt, Senegal, Somalia and of late, Bukina Faso.                

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