Drought is pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa

Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the region. Local prices of maize, sorghum and other cereals are near or at record levels in swathes of Ethiopia, Kenya, […]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Appa-sourceTheAfric...