Say No To Food Waste: Only Azerbaijan and Cameroon spend more than 45%
of their income on food
11:37 06/04/2013 » ECONOMY
In the world there are only 2 countries that spend more than 45% of
their income on food: Cameroon (46.8%) and Azerbaijan (46.9%), the
site of the Say No To Food Waste organization reads.
According to the site what these two seemingly different countries
both worry about are rising food prices. In 2011, when global wheat
prices dramatically rose, Azerbaijani´s watched the price of wheat
produce rise by 24%. For families who already spend half of their
income on food, it became challenging to continue buying same amounts
of food, while managing their home, electricity, water and daily
living expenses.
Governments of these countries need to pay more attention to their
food security, ensuring that enough is being done to keep their
populations with enough money to afford local staple foods despite
growing prices. This task will become more difficult as global
population and food price tags increase with every year.
According to the research, the people of Georgia are spending on food
38.4% of revenue, Russians – 29.7%, Iranians – 24%, Turkish – 22.3%.
The organization does not have data about Armenia.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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