Aunt Sarah
the Argentine middle class, her son and daughter live in the suburbs, driving into the city every weekend to visit his parents. As the city soaring vegetable prices, and now Sarah had let his son from the suburbs Shunpian Mai some cheap fruits and vegetables. FAO's latest data show that in January this year, global food price index has reached the highest point ever. How to deal with food price crisis is more serious challenge facing the government.
Argentina
Argentina known as the World But in recent years, for various reasons, soaring food prices in Argentina. New Year, the prices of various vegetables and meat began a new round of rising, so that people complain incessantly.
Aunt Sarah, 50 years old, and It is said to live in Buenos Aires Palermo, where the people are the backbone of the Argentine middle class, they generally have villas in the suburbs, two cars parked in the garage, shopping for them, should be eyes do not blink. But a few days ago, journalists encounter in the elevator on her, she should play hard to appeal to the reporters.
Sarah said that she recently bought a piece of fine steak, actually spent her 80 pesos (equivalent to RMB 150), before such beef as long as 50 pesos. In addition, fruits and vegetables also Rising prices, particularly food prices has affected all social classes in Argentina. Some of Argentina's poor have to worry about how to fill his stomach. Reporter has seen, and some poor people waiting in front of the store fast food, packaged takeout customers if out of the guests before their meeting in the package to them eat French fries.
South Korea
Alone food rally
amazing
domestic price in Korea since the New Year showed a sharp upward trend, especially in food prices to the Korean people's lives has brought great pressure. According to the Korea National Statistical Office released figures, South Korea in January consumer price index rose 4.1%. Particularly agricultural products such as fresh food prices rose 2.6% the previous month, compared with the same month last year, up 30.2%. Among them, the January cabbage prices rose by 152%, green onions rose 108%, up nearly 85% of the radish, tomato rose more than 30%.
According to reports, South Korean agricultural prices since last August has created a record 12.3%, for 6 months, continuing trend of double-digit increases, and aquatic products is continuously since last June has lasted 8 months 10% about to rise. The agricultural and aquatic products prices and international prices of raw materials, processed foods directly affect the relevant prices. According to reports, in January of processed food prices rose by 2.8% since November 2009 has reached a new high.
South Korean media analysis, the recent price surge in South Korea is the main reason for the cold weather, foot and mouth disease, the international raw material prices and other inflationary pressures.
India
Mango price of onions rose
sold
February of this year, due to government interference, bass bass last year has been a slight rise in onion prices declined. December 2010, India's food inflation rate soared and more than 18%, in particular, skyrocketing onion prices. In addition to the amazing onion price rise, other home-style vegetables are both up more than 70%. Onion is a key staple in India, the price peaked at more than 80 rupees per kg (about 11.6 yuan), price, and mango rather, almost 5 times the normal year.
vegetable prices soared because of India, India's domestic price of eggs also will rise. In the capital region, each costing the price of eggs increased by a rupee. A spokesman for India's Poultry Association, said:
relevant departments of India pointed out that the sharp drop in production of onions caused by heavy rains, coupled with some unscrupulous traders hoarding the speculation is the cause of the main reasons for skyrocketing onion prices. In order to stabilize onion prices, the Indian government decided to ban export of onions, and onion imports of zero tariff policy.
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Mexican national buying tortillas
the recent rise in food prices in Mexico also pushed a hot topic. Mexico, Reported that, as recently experienced in the northern region of Mexico for 60 years the most severe cold wave since Mexico's 2011 corn production is expected to reduce 4.2 million tons. Mexican tortilla is a staple food of choice. Analysis of relevant institutions in 2011, tortilla prices are expected to rise about 10%. This news came out, so deeply disturbed by ordinary people in Mexico, many Mexican cities in China have rushed to the supermarket bulk purchase of tortillas.
U.S. price tag quickly update
in the United States, months food prices was evident, although the ordinary middle-class families that have little effect on life, but in low-income families and catering industry, said many people feel the pressure.
Although the prices of a few cents each time to a few cents, but accumulated a few months had been a marked increase. According to U.S. media reports, food prices have been a few months to
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