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What can The Bahamas do about rising food prices?

First published in The Tribune on Thursday, April 17, 2008 under the byline, Young Man's View.

THE skyrocketing food prices in the Bahamas and our over dependence on imported food increases the likelihood of our country tinkering on the brink of a food crisis.

Over the last five years, the escalation in the price of oil has had a trickledown effect on the cost of food which has left Bahamians saddled with more bills and grim financial outlooks.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, food prices across the globe have risen by 45 per cent. In a recent appearance on the morning television show Bahamas at Sunrise, local economist Rupert Pinder claimed that food has been marked up by 200-300 per cent in the Bahamas. This is flabbergasting!