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globalissues.org: As of March 2008, average world wheat prices were 130% above their level a year earlier, soy prices were 87% higher, rice had climbed 74%, and maize was up 31% globalissues.org
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Jul 6, 2008
        

Author and Page information Skip this section and go straight to the main content To print full details (expanded/alternative links, side notes, etc.) use the printer-friendly version: Food prices have been rising for a while. In some countries this has resulted in food riots and in the case of Haiti where food prices increased by 50-100%, the Prime Minister was forced out of office. Elsewhere people have been killed, and many more injured. While media reports have been concentrating on the immediate causes, the deeper issues and causes have not been discussed as much. Table of contents for this page This web page has the following sub-sections: Rising food prices Reporting for the Institute for Food and Development Policy (also known as Food First), Eric Holt-Giménez and Loren Peabody summarized the rises: The World Bank... [read full story]                    

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