Crop Prospects and Food Situation n. 3 July 2009

Trade and Markets Division

Crop Prospects and Food Situation n. 3 July 2009

Year of publication 2009

Pages 40

Author Trade and Markets Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) High food prices persist in developing countries despite an improved global cereal supply situation and sharp decline in international prices. This is affecting access to food of large numbers of low-income vulnerable populations. A recent analysis of domestic food prices for 58 developing countries shows that latest prices are higher than a year earlier in 78 percent of the cases, and in 43 percent of the cases are higher than 3 months earlier. Mostly affected are sub-Saharan African count ries.

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