2008Mar6: The price of rice rises 25% to 30% between 07Dec and 08Feb in Bangladesh, according to the UN World Food Programme. Basic food costs have been rising because of high energy and grain costs, climate change effects, and biofuel demand (BBC, 2008).
Reference: BBC. 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7281686.stm
Image Description: Locals wait to receive medical aid from US medical personnel assigned to 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a humanitarian aid mission in Rangabali, Bangladesh, December 1, 2007. Kearsarge and embarked 22nd MEU (SOC) are supporting ongoing relief efforts in response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr, which struck the southern coast of Bangladesh November 15, 2007. Photo by Corporal Peter R. Miller, US Marine Corps, 2007Dec1. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:EinwohnerRangabaliBangladesch.jpg Image Permission: This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Marine Corps. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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