Prices of wheat, rice remain elevated: WB

Prices of wheat, rice remain elevated: WB

One year after Russia-Ukraine conflicts, the surge in global food prices that the war triggered has subsided but there are still reasons for worry- prices remain elevated, and new shocks could send them soaring again, according to the World Bank (WB), reports BSS. It said food prices shot up when Russian forces blockaded Ukraine's Black Sea ports, halting shipments of cereals from one of the...

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