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Multinational Companies Control Food Supply in Africa & Benefit From Increasing Prices, Report Says


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In recent years, food prices in several African countries have surged to unprecedented levels, mainly attributed to a lack of transparent information from food companies that have monopolized the market and forced imports on Africans, a new report by Greenpeace has revealed.

According to a report titled “Food Injustice 2020–2022,” many people across the globe, in particular in Africa, “remain structurally vulnerable” in terms of food security. In Kenya, food prices skyrocketed by over 650% from 2008 to 2022.

Greenpeace stated that this is a direct result of the global food system pushing African countries to import food, even though they could instead produce and benefit from a higher proportion of their own food.

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