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Publication: Femnet News
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The World's food prices have risen by 45 percent in the last nine months causing serious shortages for staple foods like rice, wheat and maize. However, as the world experiences the unprecedented food crisis that have driven prices to their highest levels in decades, African women bear the worst burden of this crisis.

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) between March 2007 and March 2008 prices of cereals increased 88%, oils and fats 106%, and dairy 48%. The FAO food price index as a whole rose by 57% in one year and most of the increase occurred in 2008. The World Bank also highlights the glaring food price hike, in the 36 months ending February 2008, global wheat prices rose 181% and overall global food prices increased by 83%....

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