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High food, energy prices here to stay - Read More

Date Added: April 25, 2008 12:52:02 AM
ACCORDING to the latest World Bank Report, global grain stocks are at their lowest level in 30 years, putting pressure on prices. For example, just over the 36 months leading to February this year, wheat prices increased by 181 per cent.

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