Highlights:
1. Deterioration of the terms of trade(Wage/Price coarse rice) by about 15% both in the mountains and hilly areas, against 9% in the Terai. For 19% of HH that are extreme poor, only 1 month of food needs covered by their own production and 73% of expenditure spent on food.
2. For 36% of HH that are poor, only 2 months of food needs covered by their own production and 64% of expenditure spent on food.
3. Higher food prices result in worse food consumption scores (FCS) among the poor and extreme poor, increased debts and lower quality of diets, sales of assets and taking children out of school.
4. The global impact of food prices, fuel cost increases and the Indian ban on food exports Fuel shortages and fuel price and transportation cost increases (about 54% increase since 2007).
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Publisher:
WFP
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(2008
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Type / Script:
Bulletin or Poster
in English
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Keywords:
FOOD, FOOD PRICES, FOOD CONSUMPTION, URBAN AREAS, RURAL AREAS, FOOD STORAGE, FOOD SUPPLY, LIVESTOCK, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD CROPS, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, WHEAT, GRAINS, CEREALS, FUELS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, DIET, CHILDREN
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Thematic Group:
WFP
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Food and Emergency humanitarian logistict support
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Thesaurus:
10.01.00
- Food And Nutrition
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