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SOUTH AFRICA: Maize may suffer from high input costs

High fertiliser and fuel prices in South Africa may impact the 2009/2010 maize harvest in the region's largest producer, a grain farmers' body warned. "The high costs will influence farmers to plant less - it is difficult to predict by how much now," said Nico Hawkins, manager of commodity services at Grain South Africa (Grain SA), a farmers' association that provides strategic support to all grain producers in the country. The cost of fertiliser has shot up by more than 100 percent - higher...

The Rice Issue

Rice is the staple food of The Gambia, hence signs of an impending scarcity of this precious grain would surely rock the nation and rattle nerves. Apart from the skyrocketing of the price of rice that hit the country in recent days, rumours have been rife in town that in the not too distant future there would be scarcity of rice which will result in many families hoarding the commodity for fear of a possible crisis. The poor who cannot afford to reserve abundant stocks are left in the mercy of...

ETHIOPIA: Lifting of grain tax may ease food burden for urban poor

The Ethiopian government’s decision to remove some taxes on grains is unlikely to have an immediate impact on rising food prices in rural areas, where most of the consumers are actually producers, an economist said. It may, however, ease the burden on the urban poor in several months’ time, if the government follows through on implementation. "The fact that 85 percent of Ethiopians are living in rural areas means a reduction of value added tax and turnover tax will not have an impact on their...