Topic: I wonder if food prices in your country have also increased? - page 15. (Read 1851 times)

If we talk about farmer income or low selling prices making farmers less prosperous, it all depends on government policy because the government has a big role in regulating the price of fertilizer (agricultural material) and also its purchase. prices in big factories.

However, the increase in food prices in a country is not necessarily because the agricultural sector is experiencing disruption, because the increase in food prices is also influenced by currency fluctuations and global economic factors which have quite an influence on the increase in food prices in a country.

As time goes by, almost every country experiences this, all of which are influenced by the global economy which will affect production costs, currency fluctuations, increases in world fuel prices and several others, causing an increase in food prices in every country, even though it is an agrarian country, but there are some of the things that affect this increase (if the country's government is not able to overcome and balance then they will also be based on the global economy) so it's the same in my opinion.

In our country, we often experience an imbalance in the distribution of food commodities which causes differences in basic prices. In fact, the government has tried many things, especially minimizing geographical constraints on distribution (Indonesia is an archipelagic country). However, there are a few monopoly "games" by local elites who take advantage of various situations and are backed by a corrupt government.

We reside in the same country, OP, but I sense that our regions differ.

Here, the market prices for basic necessities have indeed experienced an increase, but it remains within reasonable limits. In my view, the rise isn't too significant, only hovering around 4% to 5%. As for prepared food, its prices remain unchanged, without any increase.

In accordance with the weather cycle in our tropical nation, it is likely that the rainy season will begin from October to April, so it is quite common for many crops to suffer from drought as we are approaching the end of the dry season.

Your country might be facing high inflation which has resulted in a significant increase in the price of goods and services. When a country depends on too much exportation than importation, this is usually what they face at the end of the day, the local food they ought to have produced within their own country like rice, wheat and other grains are all imported and with such behaviour, their purchasing power will continue to go down and the currency will become worthless.

Furthermore, when a country values so much another currency than their own currency, its currency doesn't usually have much value. My country, for example, is having similar challenges in dollarization, people prefer to have things in dollars than the local currency, and this has made the Naira become rubbish with high inflation in the general rise of food costs, you can't have few Naira and want to enjoy life any longer because they are worthless, hopefully, things changed with the new policy the monetary system has been implementing.

Op I don't know which country you are. And if care is not taking the cost of living is worst in my country than yours. In my country fuel and US dollar are the determinants of cost of living. When dollar price rise up all the commodities also followed up including the local manufactured goods. But the imported goods are the worse to price in the market. And why the local manufactured goods are also cost because those who sell them will also buy the foreign goods so they have to sell their in a higher price to meet up with the foreign goods.

There is no constant General Light in the country so everyone who has a business that use light, buy their personal generators and buy fuel to do their businesses. So as fuel price increase they have to increase their services so that they can buy fuel again to run the businesses. So in all aspects of life in my country now is cost. And poor are crying everyday to survive.

Even without drought or crop failure, the price of food or any other commodity will increase over time, and if there is no inflation or crop failure, they will increase but they won't increase quickly and we won't notice. Just compare food prices many years ago and prices before inflation occurred and you will see a huge difference. My country is also an agricultural country but does not have crop failures like your country, but prices are still very high compared to before inflation occurred and show almost no signs of decreasing.

You cannot compare all farmers, they plant different crops, some will have a good harvest, some will have a bad one, but farmers in any case bear greater risks than distributors, since they can plan at what price they will buy goods from farmers and at what price they will sell it.

Food prices will always rise primarily due to inflation, it is an almost constant process that never stops. Everything from seeds to fertilizers and fuel, which is needed in large quantities for harvesting, is becoming more expensive. Climate can also affect certain segments, if the year is very dry, prices will be even more expensive.

Seriously,have gotten alot thinking on this. apparently in my country it has been a serious issue that we need not take for granted,cause its not helping the poor masses.

The increase in the prices of things have made so many individual unable to reach a particular target.and each day it keeps increasing and causing damages to the nation.

I wonder what the government its saying,cause its leading to the death of so many lives,cause they cant meet up to their expectation and i think we need to go back to agriculture and farming because this is the way out.

EVERY country, including ours, is seeing an increase. It's not just your country or mine; it's the whole world. The prices? They're going up everywhere. It's a disaster, honestly! Rice, wheat, you name it - everything's going up. And what's the cause? Droughts, politics, bad policies, you know, the usual. I've always believe we need to make things better, but nobody actually care. And now look where we are.

On to farmers now: generating income? Yes, in the near future. However, what would happen if the drought persisted? No crops = no revenue. But I suppose not everyone is worried about that, am I right? It's always about getting what you want now. The problem here is shortsightedness. The economy was improving, didn't it? However, these escalating costs are a slap in the face. The economy starts to improve, but suddenly a new difficulty appears. It's like a story that never ends. Everywhere I turn, I see people crying. Who wouldn't, too?

The world can be difficult because it frequently throws curveballs. But we must get together, uncover answers, and restore order. I don't know if other people feel the same way, but that's how it looks to me. I won't even begin to talk about the government. They could accomplish a lot more! But rather? They do nothing but observe as events escalate. It's fucked

You're not alone in this mess. Everyone's in the same boat. And while I wish I could say it's different here, it's not. Prices? Rising. Drought? Everywhere. Solutions? Nowhere in sight. Unbelievable

It is okay to point out what caused and contributed the increase in agricultural products in Nigeria is fuel but you should have also pointed out that Nigeria as a country mostly use imported goods not entirely dependent only their locally made product. They import almost everything they use.

Since that's what they do(importing goods from other countries), we can imagine what the cost of the things they import would be since their naira exchange rate to the dollar is approximately 900 naira to $1.

Until the time, Nigerians learn to produce or use their locally made products and have their own refinery, the price of things will be stabilized in a way that both the rich and the poor can afford.

Before that time comes, they will still be experiencing hardship and an increase in the price of goods and services.

In my country the food prices have increased by more than 50% in the last two years. There's no drought where I live and the agriculture production levels seems to be OK.
Many people are complaining about the big merchants forming a secret cartel and artificially pumping the prices, but so far there's no evidence and the government's anti-trust commission isn't doing it's job to find and punish the cartels.
I guess that we should put the blame on the pandemic and all the government support programs and "helicopter money" which were thrown at the economy back then. I don't know anything about the situation in your country, but I think that it's normal for food prices to go up, when there is a severe drought.

What you are experiencing is a seasonal scarcity caused by drought which made food stuffs to be quite expensive in the market in your country. Inflation is global and it gets worse when you have a bad government that's corrupt, short sighted and care less about its citizens. In my country we were already feeling the impact of inflation, then a new government took over april this year. After coming into office, the new administration immediately removed fuel subsidy which took fuel price to four times the initial price. The hike in fuel price skyrocketed the price of commodities in the markets and it's having a great toll on the lives of everyone.

You're talking like farmers are making a lot money, this is not true because most of farmers are not really rich, they're just middle or low class people.

Farmers always get pressured with agent who're used to buy all of their harvest to sellers who will sell it to customer. What I know the sellers are mostly make a lot money because they're taking more risk that would receive higher profit.

Food prices always increased, currently it's caused by climate change since the weather is really hot and rarely to rain.

In Nigeria, the cost of food price is alarming and it is increasing rapidly everyday by day. If you buy a bag of rice today and you want to buy that same bag of rice by next week,you will be shocked to see that the price has increased with 5%. I have been wondering if it is because of the new government that came into power that has caused it because he removed fuel subsidy after ever since then,the price of food items and cost of living hasn't been stable,as it increases simultaneously. Inflation is a big problem to the world economy, especially to the third world countries that depends more on importation than production. Agriculture is now a major means to survive through this inflation.

The price of food has increased due to a few things. One reason is the impact of extreme weather conditions such as droughts or floods which can lead to crop failures & reduced harvests. Obviously transportation costs have risen which affects the price of importing and distributing food. Changes in demand & supply chains as well as fluctuations in currency exchange rates can also contribute to higher prices. It's a complex issue but by understanding these factors we can work together to find ways to mitigate the effects & ensure access to affordable & nutritious food.

With everything that is happening and with the pandemic effect since 2019, I think it's really up to the point where a price increase is inevitable. The effects experienced from it are devastating knowing that a lot of people need care and of course, food. That's a necessity that we all need.

It has affected everyone and in my country, it's the same. I don't have the values right now but it is affected because of the memes going around with the shortage of food supply or whatnot.

What are the efforts by your government there OP?

I've got stuck on the statement you've made that farmers in your place can sell their crops at a high price because in our country this is not happening because farmers can't increase their price because those buyers or middlemen that are buying it direct from the farmers and going to the market won't buy it when it is at a high price, and that is where the price goes up when the middle man decides the price, so farmers are still struggling, just like consumers. With our recent issue right now, where the price of rice increases 10%, a lot of people are really worried about it, and it was found out that it was just manipulated by those middlemen by hoarding it.

Price increase is relative from my experience. I remember back then when people complained about expensive foods, we usually bought them cheaper than what they claim. I think they could be telling the truth but we live in seperate reality and will likely experience things differently.
If you read posts on inflated prices and you believe them, the high price will become your reality & you will start seeing inflated products in real-time.
It's hard not to believe those that you share thesame reality with. Better to avoid pessimistic people and be with people who are stronger/wisers.


It's also important to avoid places that produce little but earn a lot. When you hear that wages are about to be increased in such places, that could mean increase in consumption and more inflation. Better to avoid such places. Live in places where production is higher than consumption. And much of the products have to remain locally rather than exported.  
Also avoid places where good quality is ignored in order to mass produce things and beat inflation. Always consume good quality products

First of all, food prices always grow. It is not a miracle that they have increased. The price of milk from my childhood made x3. That is common for economy.

Speaking about current price growth, then it is not very noticable today or in a period of last 3-6 months. In my country food prices started to grow significantly 2-3 years ago, during start of covid wave. Good thing is that prices did not went up on everything. Shops try to keep prices on some products low.

The wave of fires and climate change forced food prices to rise globally, but there are Russia, Ukraine and some banned countries that may ease restrictions on them in order to export their own wheat. Political and climatic variables are what control the price in addition to economic variables, and since climatic variables are bad, I think that if there is a political consensus, prices may decrease.


You can compare the price in your country. Is the price in October of last year higher than the price at the present time? Did the price decrease until last June and start increasing? If charts are different, then there is a problem in your country, whether it is because of shipping or oil or inflation.