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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aniruddha Ghosal,Evelyne Musambi and Joeal Calupitan

Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia's war

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

How do you cook a meal when a staple ingredient is unaffordable?

This question is playing out in households around the world as they face shortages of essential foods like rice, cooking oil and onions. That is because countries have imposed restrictions on the food they export to protect their own supplies from the combined effect of the war in Ukraine, El Nino’s threat to food production and increasing damage from climate change.

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