UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
27 June 2008
Food price hikes have hit Guinea's capital Conakry harder than many others in West Africa according to the World Food Programme (WFP), while an export ban is preventing rural populations from benefiting from high global market prices, leading to fears that mounting food insecurity could lead to instability.
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Your references for Rice are not entirely accurate for Dakar and Senegal. We just puchased rice in Dakar and it was $.83 for a kilo when you travel outside of Dakar to some of the regional government cities, the price goes up. We can pay $.86 to $1.20 for a kilo of rice in our city market of Kolda.
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