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World food prices jump 10% in July: World Bank [1]

Urges govts to shore up programs to protect their most vulnerable populations

World food prices jumped 10 percent in July as drought parched crop lands in the United States and Eastern Europe, the World Bank said in a statement urging governments to shore up programs that protect their most vulnerable populations. From June to July, corn and wheat prices rose by 25 percent each, soybean prices by 17 percent, and only rice prices went down, by 4 percent, the World Bank said on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2012
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
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Food Prices [3], World Bank [4], Drought [5], Europe [6], United States Of America (US) [7], Soyabean [8], Nutrition [9], Population [10], Russia [11], Exports [12], Agriculture [13], Developing Countries [14], Food Policy [15]
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