L'Express (Port Louis)
16 April 2008
The World Bank, IMF and UN are all warning against an ominous global food crisis. Prices of basic foodstuffs have reached record highs and are escalating at an astonishing pace. The price of wheat has risen by 130 percent and that of rice by 74 percent between March 2007 and March 2008. Prices of other staples have also registered sharp increases including milk and meat whose prices have more than ...
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