Lesotho: Feeling the pinch of soaring food prices

JOHANNESBURG: Urban families in Lesotho, a small landlocked Southern African country, are struggling to cope with rising food prices, according to a recent survey.

7 Jan 2009

Practically every household interviewed in a vulnerability assessment reported being affected by escalating food costs; more than half of urban households admitted borrowing food to get by, and more than 40 percent said they had been forced to cut down on meals.

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