In Kibera, the price of basic staples, like cabbage and dried fish, soared.
Many of today's issues, such as the doubling of the price of basic staples, the dwindling stockpiles of food grain, and the number of people with essentially no income (162 million people live on less than US $0.50 per day [6]) highlight the need for urgent action on behalf of the world's most deprived peoples and clearly have an impact on all of us.
For instance, the price of basic staples like bread, butter, eggs, etc., would be one price at 7 30 am, a different price at mid-day and still another price at the close of business.
Poorer residents, meanwhile, struggle to survive in makeshift housing, unable to afford the eye-watering prices for basic staples such as milk and tomatoes.
By 1988, Poland's economy was in shambles as prices for basic staples rose sharply and inflation soared.
Rituals as basic as family meals have broken down, as the prices of certain staples like yams have tripled since November.
The World Bank recently announced that thirty-three countries are confronting food crises, as the prices of various staples have soared.
This added to fears that prices of food staples would continue to rise.
Because prices of these staples are low, so are those of HFCS, hydrogenated fats, and corn-fed meats.
And the cost of many basic staples, notably food, has fallen significantly.
