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Yeast-free fonio bread in Senegal to combat the price of wheat baguettes, made more expensive by the war

The West African country promotes baked goods made with native grains, to overcome the ups and downs of imports after the Russian invasion o

Isseu Diop Sakho enters her bakery, speaking loudly into her mobile phone. The 38-year-old businesswoman walks briskly past glass cases filled with baguettes and pastries. She’s in a hurry. She has just returned from Plateau – Dakar’s business district – and now has to go to Ngaparou, 50 miles south of the Senegalese capital, where she runs another bakery and 14 kiosks the sell bread. At first glance, business seems to be going well. But according to Sakho, her bakery – called Mburu (which means “bread,” in the Wolof and Bambara languages) – is barely staying afloat. “The year 2022 was hell for us,” she sighs, as she sits down in her office, on the upper floor of the store. She never imagined that the consequences of the war in faraway Ukraine would be felt at home in West Africa. “Within a few months, we saw the price of imported grain skyrocket,” explains Sakho. “This complicated things, because bread is a product with little profit margin and Senegal is an African country. We can’t just double the price of bread, because our customers can’t afford it,” she adds. Traditional wheat cannot be grown in Senegal, due to the soil conditions and hot weather. For this reason – as in other parts of the African continent – the country is dependent on imports. Before the war, half of the grain that Senegal needed was bought from Russia, but imports halted with the invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. Sanctions imposed on Russia by Western nations made it more difficult to buy Russian wheat. Starting in July of that year, Ukrainian wheat reached African countries via the Black Sea Grain Initiative… an agreement that the Russian government suspended just two weeks ago.

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Bread: More expensive than ever in Europe - The increase in Greece is above the European average - BusinessNews.gr

Το καλάθι της νοικοκυράς «αδειάζει» καθώς οι τιμές έχουν αυξηθεί ιδιαίτερα απότομα και σημαντικά τρόφιμα όπως το ψωμί τείνουν να γίνουν απλησίαστα. Το ψωμί στην Ευρώπη έχει γίνει ακριβότερο από ποτέ σε ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο όπως επισημαίνει η Eurostat, με την επισιτιστική κρίση να δείχνει τα δόντια της,...

The housewife's basket is "emptying" as prices have risen particularly sharply and important foods such as bread tend to become unattainable.

Bread in Europe has become more expensive than ever at the European level as Eurostat points out, with the food crisis showing its teeth, at a time when prices for all types of food, such as vegetables and meat, are "climbing" rapidly.

This is also the situation in Greece, with the accuracy hitting "red" and households looking for ways to purchase basic goods. However, one of the most basic, bread, is seeing a record increase, both in Europe and in our country.

In Greece, therefore, the price of bread is above the European average for August with its rate exceeding 20%, compared to August 2021.

According to Eurostat data, the increase in the price of bread in Europe as well as in Greece is due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has significantly disrupted global markets since Russia and Ukraine are important exporters of grains, wheat, corn, sunflowers and fertilizers.

In August 2022, the price of bread in the EU was on average 18% higher than in August 2021. This is a huge increase compared to August 2021, when the price of bread was on average 3% higher than in August 2021. August 2020.

However, some countries were much more affected than others. The highest average rate of change in bread prices was recorded in Hungary (+66% in August 2022), followed by Lithuania (+33%), Estonia and Slovakia (+32% both).

Meanwhile, the lowest average rate of change in bread prices was recorded in France (+8% in August 2022), the Netherlands and Luxembourg (+10%).

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“Bread Prices Jump Two Cents At Sault,” Toronto Star. March 3, 1932. Page 1. ---- Bakers’ Association Charge Housewives 8 and 10 Cts. ---- Special to The Star Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., March 3. - The Bakers’ Association of the Soo has raised the price of bread two cents a loaf. To-day the price is ten and eight cents a loaf, instead of eight and six cents, as formerly.

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Hike in price of bread imminent

Hike in price of bread imminent

Chief Simeon Abanulor, the National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, said there would be a hike in the price of bread “to enable bakers to remain in business.”

Abanulor said this at a news conference in Umuahia on Friday

He said that the cost of raw materials, such as flour and sugar had skyrocketed and that bakers in the country had been operating at a loss.

He…

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