High food prices in East Africa to persist due to floods and disease
A food market. The rains have further impeded access to markets and services as road transport is now difficult, making it hard for farmers to deliver supplies. FILE PHOTO | NATION
Households in East Africa are staring at high food prices in the next two months as the region approaches a lean harvest due to flooding, pests and disease.
According to a monthly update by the Food Security Working Group on the Greater Horn, households in Rwanda, Karamoja of Uganda, Burundi, Somalia and Sudan, which depend on markets for food, will be facing rising prices due to a reduction of goods on the market.
