Ethiopia: Rising food prices – feeling the pinch

Several countries are experiencing riots and protests over the global phenomenon of rising food prices. The urban poor in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, are among those suffering badly.
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World fertilizer prices continue to soar, scientists stress need for fertilizer efficiency

World fertilizer prices doubled in 2007—but the price of phosphate fertilizers then doubled again, and all fertilizer prices rose, in the 3 months from February through April 2008. The effects on global fertilizer prices of the devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China—a major production area for nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers—are yet to be determined.
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