Sri Lanka Faces ''Food Emergency" says FAO
United Nations, 12 April, (Asiantribune.com): Sri Lanka has been identified as one of the 14 countries facing "food emergencies" due to rising prices and a shortage of rice in the world market. The list was released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The 14 countries, including those affected by high prices for sorghum, wheat flour, millet and maize, are as follows:
Cote d’Ivoire: prices of rice in March 2008 were more than double their levels of a year earlier.
Senegal: wheat prices by February 2008 were twice the level of a year ago and sorghum was up by 56 percent.
Nigeria: in the important subregional market of Dawanau, prices of sorghum and millet have doubled in the past five months.
Somalia: the price of wheat flour in northern areas has almost tripled in the last year.
Sudan:prices of wheat in Khartoum, the capital, in February this year were 90 percent higher than a year earlier.
Uganda: prices of maize in March 2008 have risen by 65 percent from their levels of September last year.
Ethiopia: maize prices in Addis Abbaba in March 2008 were double their levels of a year ago, while those of wheat were 42 percent higher.
Mozambique: in Maputo, the capital, maize prices in March were 43 percent higher than a year ago.
The Philippines: rice prices have increased 50 percent in the past two months.
Sri Lanka: prices of rice in March 2008 were almost double those of a year ago.
Bangladesh: the price of rice y increased by 66 percent in the same period.
Tajikistan: prices of bread in February were twice the levels at the same time in 2007.
Armenia: the price of wheat flour has increased by one-third in the same period.
Haiti: food prices are reported to be from 50 to 100 percent higher than they were last year.
- Asian Tribune -
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