Rice is the staple food of Liberians, who tend to eat only one main meal a day which consists of a massive bowl of rice with "soup" which contains the protein and oils. Rice is currently about $26 US dollars a sack, but is rumoured to be doubling in price when the next shipment arrives, which will make it impossible for most families to purchase (thats more than most families earn in a month). Currently 18% of Monrovian children are seriously malnourished, and if the rumour of the price increase of rice is true, many more will join them and the emergency feeding programs will have to re-open. Olly
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