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percentage of total household consumption expenditures going to food

food price index 2003 – 2011

source: Time Magazine, February 28, 2011

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The FAO Food Price Index rose for the seventh consecutive month, averaging 231 points in January 2011. Between December 2010 and January 2011, the FAO reported the largest monthly increase (3.4%) since the index has been backtracked in 1990.

Source: FAO, Food Price Index Report, March 2011

Kenya

45%

Pakistan

46%Nigeria

40%Indonesia

43%India

35%

Tunisia

36%

Belarus

43%

China

33%

Iran

26%Russia

28%

Mexico

24%

Brazil

25%

U.K.9%

U.S.7%

Food prices on the rise again

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