KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- While climate change and export policies of rice producing countries have been said to be the cause of the shortage of the important commodity, the Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (Fomca) feels that market manipulation in the supply chain has aggravated the problem in the country.
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday returned to the Department of Justice (DOJ), this time to prod prosecutors to file criminal cases against National Food Authority (NFA) officials who are engaged in diverting cheap NFA rice to the commercial market.
Dhaka: Government-run outlets selling subsidised rice and other basic commodities are now being besieged by members of the middle class as food prices continue to rise.
Food   The price of flour decreased in Kabul while the price of other commodities witnessed slight changes in outgoing week. Khan Ali, a retailer in Kart-i- Seh locality of Kabul city told Pajhwok Afghan News on Thursday the price of a 100kg bag of flour dropped from 4,600 (US$95.55) to 4,200 (US$87.24) Afghanis in outgoing week.
The price of flour decreased in Kabul while the price of other commodities witnessed slight changes in outgoing week. Khan Ali, a retailer in Kart-i- Seh locality of Kabul city told Pajhwok Afghan News on Thursday the price of a 100kg bag of flour dropped from 4,600 (US$95.55) to 4,200 (US$87.24) Afghanis in outgoing week.
An Iraqi fish farmer shows a carp to US soldiers in the Sunni Arab farmlands of Khidr near Iskandariyah. With the season short, farmers in Khidr are scrambling to get their dams restored and restocked with common, grass and silver carp as quickly as possible.
By Manvendra Jha: Commodity prices mainly increased during the week ended April 11 led by crude oil, which struck a record high above 112 dollars a barrel on the back of weak dollar and falling energy stock in the US.
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