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Quote from: Uruhara on September 04, 2023, 03:09:44 AM

Quote from: EFS on September 03, 2023, 10:52:06 AM

This is the biggest problem right now in my country. We have high inflation, everything is getting more expensive day by day but the increase in food prices is the most challenging situation for the people. We have other economic problems like house rents, electricity etc.
In general food prices are going up in the world but it hits harder for developing countries. I don't think this will change anytime soon.

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The increase in the prices of food seems to be a universal challenge. A good amount of money can no longer prepare a balanced meal.
While we are complaining of this challenges, let us also look for ways of solving this problem.

In my country, the agricultural sector has been neglected, the focus now is majorly on crude oil. Since subsidy on petrol price was removed, the price of every other good and service increased.
We do not need a soothsayer to tell us that it is time for us to embrace both subsistence and commercial agriculture.

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Quote from: EFS on September 03, 2023, 10:52:06 AM

This is the biggest problem right now in my country. We have high inflation, everything is getting more expensive day by day but the increase in food prices is the most challenging situation for the people. We have other economic problems like house rents, electricity etc.
In general food prices are going up in the world but it hits harder for developing countries. I don't think this will change anytime soon.

Food prices that continue to increase are indeed very terrible and make it difficult for many middle to lower class people. And yes, all of this increase was caused by inflation in the first place. And currently everything is made worse by quite extreme climate change. Which makes things even more difficult. such as a long dry season that makes farmers unable to manage their land due to drought and lack of water availability. This triggers a local scale food crisis here. And food prices are getting higher every day. But fortunately, the government has apparently moved and will import food from abroad into my country. It is hoped that this will make prices gradually fall again.

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Quote from: Hanadawa on September 03, 2023, 04:40:21 AM

As someone who is involved in the world of agriculture because several of my family are farmers, I admit that every year farmers complain more and more about crop yields and selling prices that are no longer balanced. I mean the selling price of grain every year does not increase significantly, while the price of basic commodities every year increases little by little due to inflation. Or as my brother @uruhara said, reduced quantity and volume like the "Mie Sukses" you told us about.
During the harvest season, prices tend to fall. I think this needs government intervention to control prices. Or at least provide subsidies for fertilizers and pesticides so that farmers can still survive by selling their agricultural products at prices that seem stuck there every year.

Yeah I know what is going on with agribusiness, usually, big companies buy the crop at the futures contract means that no matter how expensive the fertilizers and pesticides or what happens in the nature they set the price early so farmers will earn less.

Government and big companies should discuss about this and figure it out the solution

There are some also that kind of don't make the prices go up, like they will say to the farmers that this is really the price in the market, and again, the farmer has no choice because their crop can't be sold if they won't accept the price. Just imagine in the news and on social media a lot of farmers that will not accept the price of the buyer, so they tend to throw it out just to inform everyone that the price is too low. It is almost the same as not selling it as they can't get enough money. Famers are really in a difficult situation, so the government should control this.

This is true and is a problem in the country where I live, a lot of farmers are facing such a problem. For example, there are farmers who need to sell their crops to businessmen who will distribute or sell their crops to the city, and these businessmen will tell them such a low price that farmers will have no choice but to sell it at such ridiculous price or let their crops deteriorate or spoil, basically losing a lot of money. And with how much their tools and chemicals cost, they are losing more money than they are earning every day. So, I do agree with you that the government should take a look at this and do something about it. It is heartbreaking that farmers who are working to provide food for a whole nation are struggling to earn money they need to feed their own family.

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Quote from: Hanadawa on September 03, 2023, 04:40:21 AM

As someone who is involved in the world of agriculture because several of my family are farmers, I admit that every year farmers complain more and more about crop yields and selling prices that are no longer balanced. I mean the selling price of grain every year does not increase significantly, while the price of basic commodities every year increases little by little due to inflation. Or as my brother @uruhara said, reduced quantity and volume like the "Mie Sukses" you told us about.
During the harvest season, prices tend to fall. I think this needs government intervention to control prices. Or at least provide subsidies for fertilizers and pesticides so that farmers can still survive by selling their agricultural products at prices that seem stuck there every year.

Yeah I know what is going on with agribusiness, usually, big companies buy the crop at the futures contract means that no matter how expensive the fertilizers and pesticides or what happens in the nature they set the price early so farmers will earn less.

Government and big companies should discuss about this and figure it out the solution

There are some also that kind of don't make the prices go up, like they will say to the farmers that this is really the price in the market, and again, the farmer has no choice because their crop can't be sold if they won't accept the price. Just imagine in the news and on social media a lot of farmers that will not accept the price of the buyer, so they tend to throw it out just to inform everyone that the price is too low. It is almost the same as not selling it as they can't get enough money. Famers are really in a difficult situation, so the government should control this.

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Quote from: Hanadawa on September 03, 2023, 04:40:21 AM

As someone who is involved in the world of agriculture because several of my family are farmers, I admit that every year farmers complain more and more about crop yields and selling prices that are no longer balanced. I mean the selling price of grain every year does not increase significantly, while the price of basic commodities every year increases little by little due to inflation. Or as my brother @uruhara said, reduced quantity and volume like the "Mie Sukses" you told us about.
During the harvest season, prices tend to fall. I think this needs government intervention to control prices. Or at least provide subsidies for fertilizers and pesticides so that farmers can still survive by selling their agricultural products at prices that seem stuck there every year.

Yeah I know what is going on with agribusiness, usually, big companies buy the crop at the futures contract means that no matter how expensive the fertilizers and pesticides or what happens in the nature they set the price early so farmers will earn less.

Government and big companies should discuss about this and figure it out the solution

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Quote from: dothebeats on September 01, 2023, 04:12:00 AM

It is true that every region has significant food needs because each region is also able to produce significant food products, both in volume and in quality. For example, here in my country, each region is known for producing different food products, some are known for producing rice, and some for fish and other seafood. Such a thing is the reason why local trade happens, our region exports foods that are produced here to other regions while other regions do the same to our region. In most cases, locally exported products have higher prices, like in my area, seafood has higher prices while in the area where my mother lives rice and meat costs are higher. However, when inflation hit, it seemed as if it didn't matter what your area is rich in, all prices of food and necessities skyrocketed and what I usually spend for a month's worth of groceries is now being used to suffice 2 weeks' worth of food.

Yeah true for my country as well, every region has their own famous parts. When you pick one nation that may have a lot of meat, when you pick another it has a lot of vegetables, some plant trees, some go out to fish, some plant small stuff, some big huge land requiring stuff.

One thing we lack is wheat, which is the most common thing needed, but since it is not that profitable, and cheaper to just buy from other nations, not many do it, but that causes money going out of our nation, so I truly think government should have huge wheat lands, make a loss if you have to, but keep the money in the nation at least. Food fluctuates a lot depending on the economy, but it should not be that confusing in the end when economy becomes stable.

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Quote from: EFS on September 03, 2023, 10:52:06 AM

This is the biggest problem right now in my country. We have high inflation, everything is getting more expensive day by day but the increase in food prices is the most challenging situation for the people. We have other economic problems like house rents, electricity etc.
In general food prices are going up in the world but it hits harder for developing countries. I don't think this will change anytime soon.

I think that everything is known in comparison, and if, for example, a resident of Berlin says that he barely has enough for food, then he may mean that he does not buy expensive cheese, or half-cooked food from a restaurant to which he is used. While an African who says that he barely has enough for food will mean that he will refuse meat, and will have to not eat some vegetables, only porridge.
Therefore, we all suffer from inflation at this difficult time. In my country, everything has risen in price by about 25% over the past year and a half, and this is terrible, because wages at workplaces have changed only by 5%.
All of us should now be more careful with money, giving up excesses, try to take care of clothes and things.

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Quote from: Helena Yu on August 30, 2023, 04:44:40 AM

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.

I think that the events of recent years have had a negative impact on almost all countries, so it is not even necessary to ask in this forum whether food prices have risen in their countries. Coronavirus, dramatic global climate change, Russia's war in Ukraine, numerous cataclysms around the world lead to a sharp jump in inflation in all countries.

Agriculture due to climate change is now generally at high risk, farmers will suffer losses, so the situation with food will continue to worsen.

Yes, it's not that new anymore because these prices will always grow in almost every year that passes by and we certainly was not born yesterday to be surprised of this matter. In fact, let's brace ourselves already and prepare for what's coming next because what we're experiencing right now is not yet the end, prices will still increase and in every situation, there will be always businessmen who will hoard something to take control of something for their own benefit. I know it's unfortunate but that's the reality we're living in.

Therefore, it would be always that wise that we should really be trying out to increase our source of income if we are really that minding about survival.We cant really just always whine up and tell on what

the government and those merchants been doing in speaking about market prices which whether they had jacked it up or not but most of the time or year by year on which it do always keeps on increasing and if you are that someone who do have that kind of fixed earning or salary on years passing then you would really be able to realize that the money you are earning wont really be sufficient for you to make yourself that able to survive on day to day living due to those non-stop increasing price. Other options? Just like been said that it would be always ideal on finding income source.
Dont make yourself just sit still and be relaxed because this is where usually people do get wrecked up.

Living on this world is never been fair or balance. This is why you would really be needing to act fast and wise so that you would really be able to sustain and survive.
You shouldnt really be that confident or really that get contented on what you are now. Always find the ways or options on which making yourself way more better.

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Quote from: mvdheuvel1983 on August 31, 2023, 06:54:58 PM

In my country, groceries like bread, meat, milk, cheese, and eggs have increased causing hardship particularly for lower-income households and overall economies. One of the reasons I think this is happening is there have been disruptions in global food markets due to planting season disruptions. To cope with the rising cost, if it is not super essential, I do not buy it. I have cut down on bread and replaced it with fruits and vegetables. Eating out is now once per week with friends if it is so important. There are a lot of other stuff that I do to save money too.

That's the story of every lower and middle-class household these days, hardships have become a part of life due to the increasing inflation and the rates of unemployment. Those who earn a low income might still be able to survive in some way or another, but those who are facing the same situations and are also unemployed, how can they survive in an economic situation like this where the basic necessities cost a leg while they don't have a penny to spend?

Even those who earn a decent income are struggling due to the increasing rates of food and necessities because the money earned isn't enough to cover the costs of living and one becomes compelled to borrow money from here and there and that becomes another tension for the person as how they will pay that money back in such times.

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As long as there's inflation then ultimately know that food prices will automatically increases irrespective of where we are, also we should note this that inflation is not what we expect to end like that, it seems to be a continuous process with the economy because of the manipulations therein, that's why we can see alot of people always trying but seing less because they can't afford to cope with the rate inflation is dealing with commodity price in the market and food is one of the things we cannot live a day without, we are to handle this situation and never expect any change from government by giving it another approach on how we handle the economy.

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This is the biggest problem right now in my country. We have high inflation, everything is getting more expensive day by day but the increase in food prices is the most challenging situation for the people. We have other economic problems like house rents, electricity etc.
In general food prices are going up in the world but it hits harder for developing countries. I don't think this will change anytime soon.

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Quote from: Argoo on September 01, 2023, 11:16:33 PM

Quote from: Helena Yu on August 30, 2023, 04:44:40 AM

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.

I think that the events of recent years have had a negative impact on almost all countries, so it is not even necessary to ask in this forum whether food prices have risen in their countries. Coronavirus, dramatic global climate change, Russia's war in Ukraine, numerous cataclysms around the world lead to a sharp jump in inflation in all countries.

Agriculture due to climate change is now generally at high risk, farmers will suffer losses, so the situation with food will continue to worsen.

Yes, it's not that new anymore because these prices will always grow in almost every year that passes by and we certainly was not born yesterday to be surprised of this matter. In fact, let's brace ourselves already and prepare for what's coming next because what we're experiencing right now is not yet the end, prices will still increase and in every situation, there will be always businessmen who will hoard something to take control of something for their own benefit. I know it's unfortunate but that's the reality we're living in.

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In some areas that are quite low and quite flat, the irrigation system is indeed quite effective and yes, it can be done. But that's only a small part. Because most of the land here is difficult to implement an irrigation system because much of the land is at a height that makes it impossible to create an irrigation system. So most of the land here relies on the rainy season. Because some of the rivers here only leave very little water which will not be enough if it has to be channeled to residents' land.

There should be an initiative from the government to make dams or any catch basin based on the geographical location that you're at.
It sounds easy to say but if that's not applicable to your area, maybe those that have been living there in those types of areas have some solution to think of and they just have to propose it if they're asked about it. There are experts that could get a plan out of that but if it's just a plan without execution, still nothing will happen and also depending if there's a budget allotted.

The government is the policy holder, so economic progress in a region or country is greatly influenced by the policies made and decided by the existing government.

Indeed, the highest policy makers in a democratic country are the people. However, it is still the government that determines and decides. And with existing technological advances it is not impossible for each region to advance its economy. And we can see for ourselves what is happening in certain areas, even though they have abundant natural resources and fertile soil, because they are unable to absorb existing technology, this makes them unable to properly manage the natural resources they have. Which is where it can cause the economy in the region to stagnate and there is no increase.

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Prices here in the United States for groceries (food/drinks/etc) skyrocketed about a year ago or so now where we had a 40 year high in the rate of inflation, in particular food was his about as hard as anything. Certain “sectors” of food such a seafood were often up as high as 80% from their year before sale price. Since inflation has started to come back down a bit, prices have also fallen a bit, but they are certainly not back to “normal”, nor do I think they ever will be.

As far as I know about inflation that rises high and then pressed so that it is simpler, on average from the case of inflation will not return to normal positions, there are some external cases that can make the price remain expensive even though inflation has been sent down, namely one of them is a trader Retail which is directly in the mechanism of meeting with consumers, they want to get a profit that is more than the decline in purchase prices after price increases. Although basically inflation has dropped normally from the total, retail traders or traders who come in direct contact with consumers different from the story, they will take advantage of this kind of momentum to increase massive income from low purchases and sales at high prices, which results in price increases still ongoing and not back to normal.

I have read some hypothesis and the question is has inflation really decreased and is it really only 5% or 6% as announced by the government or is it actually much higher? So even though the government claims inflation is under very good control, but in reality it is not. And if your hypothesis is correct, retailers deliberately do not want to reduce prices, which further shows that there are group interests behind it. It seems that the market price management agency is deliberately turning a blind eye, allowing traders to manipulate prices, causing damage to consumers.

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In my country, I think the prices of foods items are increasing annually, and many people always complain of different reasons that courses the increase in foods items. Some people do complain that it is caused by weather because some crops don't have a balanced weather system, maybe too much rain in some crops or sufficient rain in some crops, and if it happens like that, many crops will fail. Again, many people also complain that it is because of the poor economy in their country that makes many things increase, especially foods items, because even in agriculture, the cost of production gets high.

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The increase in the price of food items is an major issue that I believe is general, though it is caused by different reasons for different cities, like for example, here in Nigeria, food items like rice beans and other stable foodstuffs has gone up in price more than 300% from January this year, and this is not caused by any drought or something similar, but it's caused by bad governance, Nigeria is not just an oil producing nation, but also a food producing nation, we have soil that is very fertile, we are blessed with adequate rainfall that falls frequently and also sunshine that shines frequently to make sure that food crops grow well and produce well, but unfortunately, the actions and inactions of our leaders is what is throwing our nation into hardship and also food crises, I said speak right now, a bag of rice that I used to buy 15,000 to 20,000 naira now sells for over 60,000 naira, and there is still speculation that this price will increase even higher as Christmas approaches..

So yeah, the issue of hikes in food prices is also very common here in my country, and I believe same is happening in other countries of the world, though for a different reasons and also at different rates.

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Price increase in a lot of products are very evident here in my country, especially for foods. Rice, vegetables and other stuff becomes more expensive. I don't follow much about the news so I also don't know if what causes the inflation. If it's also the same thing in other countries or is it just here because of our government. But I guess it's also a problem in other countries.

But the thing is, we're an agricultural country where agriculture has been a huge part of our economy's growth. Following the sudden increase of price of the rice here, they think it's because of hoarding since according to some report there's no shortage. So I think one of the reason why it becomes so expensive is because of politics as well. Idk when will it decrease or if it's even possible...

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Quote from: dansus021 on September 02, 2023, 09:22:05 PM

@Uruhara since we are in the same country Grin

Yes I also noticed in couple of prices of snacks You know what I am talking about I will give you an example price of chocolatos or the Beng Beng even Oreo also hit by the inflation. Maybe you will notice it by a smaller size or they increased the price to keep them to profitable.

As someone who is involved in the world of agriculture because several of my family are farmers, I admit that every year farmers complain more and more about crop yields and selling prices that are no longer balanced. I mean the selling price of grain every year does not increase significantly, while the price of basic commodities every year increases little by little due to inflation. Or as my brother @uruhara said, reduced quantity and volume like the "Mie Sukses" you told us about.
During the harvest season, prices tend to fall. I think this needs government intervention to control prices. Or at least provide subsidies for fertilizers and pesticides so that farmers can still survive by selling their agricultural products at prices that seem stuck there every year.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on September 01, 2023, 07:03:35 PM

Prices here in the United States for groceries (food/drinks/etc) skyrocketed about a year ago or so now where we had a 40 year high in the rate of inflation, in particular food was his about as hard as anything. Certain “sectors” of food such a seafood were often up as high as 80% from their year before sale price. Since inflation has started to come back down a bit, prices have also fallen a bit, but they are certainly not back to “normal”, nor do I think they ever will be.

As far as I know about inflation that rises high and then pressed so that it is simpler, on average from the case of inflation will not return to normal positions, there are some external cases that can make the price remain expensive even though inflation has been sent down, namely one of them is a trader Retail which is directly in the mechanism of meeting with consumers, they want to get a profit that is more than the decline in purchase prices after price increases. Although basically inflation has dropped normally from the total, retail traders or traders who come in direct contact with consumers different from the story, they will take advantage of this kind of momentum to increase massive income from low purchases and sales at high prices, which results in price increases still ongoing and not back to normal.

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Quote from: terrific on September 02, 2023, 04:38:08 AM

There should be an initiative from the government to make dams or any catch basin based on the geographical location that you're at.
It sounds easy to say but if that's not applicable to your area, maybe those that have been living there in those types of areas have some solution to think of and they just have to propose it if they're asked about it. There are experts that could get a plan out of that but if it's just a plan without execution, still nothing will happen and also depending if there's a budget allotted.

The construction of dam was most important key factor of the economy growth,because for the industries and the agriculture the water is important one.But for the dam,the very huge budget should be allotted by the government.It also choose the exact location for the dam.If the exact location was not find,it will affect the investment made by the government.The government should appoint the good committee for the dam construction before allocating of the funds to the project dam.Because food is the root cause for the economic development.

You are right, there's an after effect for each projects that the government will finance, if they mistakenly deal with the wrong companies they might waste money.

With the bad economy money is very important and not doing anything will waste the opportunity and instead of making something helpful it will create disaster or additional problem.

In a bad or good economy, money is important because it is people's money, and it is used to ease the burden of the people's lives and also build projects that can improve the economy. Right now, I do belong in a poor country where most of the government's projects are always in the eyes of the people and checked all the time, like building and finishing roads. They always questioned all projects because they knew that corruption started there.

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