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22 states hard hit by high food prices [1]

Twenty-two mainly African countries are "especially vulnerable' to soaring food and fuel prices, according to a report by the UN food agency ahead of a summit on food security next week in Rome. "Large increases in food and fuel prices threaten macroeconomic stability and overall growth, especially of low-income, net-importing countries,' the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) notes in the report published on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
arr [2]
Dawn (Pakistan) [3]
Tags:
Food Prices [4], Italy [5], Food Security [6]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/italy
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