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Yemenis, strapped for cash, yearn for their own honey

Vendor Helmi al-Marhebi pours honey into a glass bowl at his shop in Sanaa, Yemen January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Idrees al-Haddad used to buy 7 kilogram tubs of Yemen's world-famous honey when he went shopping. Today he can only afford 1kg.

Like many Yemenis suffering the extreme inflation and salary losses of a seven-year war, Haddad's reduced consumption has left the industry with a production surplus.

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