date:Feb 17, 2014
and sorghum) have steadily increased since May/June 2013, without the usual dip at the beginning of the main harvesting season in October, probably as a response to the unfavourable crop prospects.
By December 2013, prices reached record levels in most monitored markets. Additional upward pressure on prices was exerted by the removal of fuel subsidies in September 2013.
Prices of sorghum, the main staple, in December 2013 were more than 40 percent higher than 12 months earlier in several mark