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World food prices hit 10-year high on harvest setbacks

Traders wait for fresh bananas at Riosiri Market in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

World food prices jumped 28 per cent last year to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are slim, the UN’s food agency said yesterday.

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