I wonder if food prices in your country have also increased?

[SmartCharpa]

But I was wondering if this only happened in my country or in your country too?

Exactly food prices are rising in my country as well, and things are really getting out of hand. People constantly complain about the rising costs of food, but nothing is being done to address the problem. Most people can no longer eat three meals a day because the cost of goods has been double by more than three times in the past two months. How will non-farmers and non-agricultural workers be able to afford this? But we must continue to work hard and pray. As long as we remain on this planet, we will continue to have daily issues that are different.

When will it end? I don’t think it will in the near future.

End? The cost of goods and services has never decreased in my experience; rather, it has only gone up. I am unable to envisage a time when this trend would come to an end. As long as prices continue to rise, we should continue to make money, is the strong wish.

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[Litzki1990]

Rising prices of daily essentials now seems to be an international problem as the prices of daily necessities are rising unabated in every country of the world. Not only food prices are increasing but every commodity is increasing in price. The price of fuel oil or edible oil has almost doubled from what it used to be at a normal price. Not only the price of goods has increased, but also the government has increased the amount of VAT on every item, due to which common people have to think a lot and plan to buy any item now. The common man wants the world to be normal and the prices of essential commodities and the prices of fuel and edible oil to return to normal.

[Baki202]

In some areas where I live, because they are in rural areas, food prices are still quite stable because it is easy for us to find basic commodities, but in urban areas, since the start of the dry season or not, the prices of basic commodities are still expensive because they depend on supplies from the villages. In August, almost every region experiences a long dry season, quite a few agricultural lands fail to harvest as you experienced. Therefore, I always prepare for a long period of time to buy basic needs within a week or a month, this can avoid unexpected increases in raw material prices on the market. Even though in rural areas we still depend on fertilizers from factories because at this time apart from non-organic fertilizers, the use of organic fertilizers also needs to be balanced.

Location is important, and although I don't know much about people in rural areas or how they sell food items, I can speak for myself because I live in the state capital. Perhaps this explains why the cost of food is constantly rising. The economy is in such poor condition that even the politicians are finding it difficult to fix because of formal damages, and now they are making things worse on a daily basis. It now appears that whenever the get restocked, there prices are always going up. This may be because of the rise in the dollar and the constant increase in fuel prices. During dry season most of the harvest have been done and since its a continuous transaction process profit must be made. And during rainy season some part of rural areas are always affected by flood and it affect the whole production of food.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

The high cost of food, including other things in the market, is not being experienced in just one country; inflation is a global thing, but it is higher in some countries than other countries. Some countries economic systems are so bad that they get more inflated. Also, too much printing of money has contributed to the devaluation of currencies and reduced the purchasing power of the money, at that point, the price of goods increases and the money can only buy less of what it could before. In my country, the rate of inflation is far higher than it was last year, and not just food but even other things are so expensive. I just went to buy a new cell phone some days ago because I lost my phone recently, and there was a phone that last year was sold for about $400+ but now sells for almost $700. Everything is just very expensive in my country, even cooking gas and electricity bills.

[AicecreaME]

Well, the main reason for that aside from inflation here in my country is that the Government is not supplying the rice we have that is locally harvested but they are getting rice internationally, maybe to get more profits from their citizens, you know, corrupt politicians are not new anymore.

Even the locally products we have here are being neglected, or should I say they are doing it on purpose to continue importing products for their own benefits and us to suffer to the price hike of every single products here in my country.

There's no hope anymore, we never learn I guess, we're always voting politicians that has bad records just because they promised something good during their campaigns. God bless us all.

[radjie]

The weather factor is of course the trigger for several countries experiencing drought, causing agricultural land to lack water sources.  In fact, the current summer is quite extreme in some tropical countries, especially since farmers are also having difficulty producing maximum harvests.  As a result, there were many crop failures which became the main trigger for the increase in most food ingredients

[Twentyonepaylots]

Since August in my country, the price of food, especially food staples such as wheat, rice and others, has experienced a very high price increase. This was apparently caused by the ongoing drought. Which makes several areas of plantations and rice fields fail to harvest due to lack of availability of water to water the plants. And this makes food stocks in the market start to run low from time to time. And yes, the price hike ensued. Rice prices here have even increased by around 9-10 percent in the last month in my area. And I'm afraid the increase will continue. Because many residents are starting to talk that if the drought continues longer then it is feared that the increase will occur higher and faster. For farmers, it can be said that currently they are getting big profits because they can sell agricultural products at high prices. but for ordinary citizens who do not have agricultural land, the current food prices really make them tight.

The residents' economic sector has actually begun to recover and improve in the past few months. But because at this time there was another spike in prices again, it made the people around me start to complain again about the current economy.

But I was wondering if this only happened in my country or in your country too?

Sadly, yes, we also experience this in our country. It continually increases not only the food prices but also the other goods, transportation services, and other limited products such as fuel and gasoline. Inflation has a significant impact on us. It affects the prices of goods and food products. It is because the purchasing power of currency decreases, causing the general level of prices for goods and services to increase over time.

Inflation happens in a country due to a lot of factors, such as supply chain disruptions, rising global oil prices, increasing the cost of transportation and energy, which can lead to higher prices for goods and services, depreciation of the country's currency against other currency, and impact of government policies and actions. It is influenced by a complex set of factors, including both domestic and global economic conditions. Whereas in my country, this is the usual headline in the news, I no longer doubt why there is a sudden, gradual increase in food prices and services that I see and experience today.

[Gozie51]

The weather factor is of course the trigger for several countries experiencing drought, causing agricultural land to lack water sources.  In fact, the current summer is quite extreme in some tropical countries, especially since farmers are also having difficulty producing maximum harvests.  As a result, there were many crop failures which became the main trigger for the increase in most food ingredients

If all things were suppose to be the way we expect it, the government is suppose to play an important role in times of drought by providing adequate irrigation service. Large farms are suppose to be supported even when the small and rural farms will be too strenuous for government to deal with. Government know the big farms so I believe if they are sincere to feed the people time in and out of season then they should focus towards providing support for big farms at least that will go along way to help reduce hunger during drought season until the rain come back.

[leonair]

Here in India, ever since the NDA government came to power food prices had remained under control. However, for the last few months the prices of vegetables have shot up. Tomato used to cost $0.30 to $0.50 per kg, but the prices suddenly went up to $2.50 per kg. The government response was very lax, and therefore the hoarders got opportunity to indulge in black-marketing. And it is not just tomato. The price of other vegetables, as well as that of other staples such as wheat flour, sunflower oil and sugar has also gone up. 

Most of the food products are raw materials which rot if stored for a long time. and because of this, the price of food products rises every year.  And sometimes it escalates beyond our control.  Such incidents happen all over the world.  But in some countries it is more and in some countries it is less depending on the anti wastage system of that country. To deal with this, various managements of the government and vigilance of the food department of the government are required.  In my country too, the price of food products has increased a lot due to which it has become very difficult to run a family with our income. here tomato cost is $0.70-1$ per kg

[armanda90]

Well, the main reason for that aside from inflation here in my country is that the Government is not supplying the rice we have that is locally harvested but they are getting rice internationally, maybe to get more profits from their citizens, you know, corrupt politicians are not new anymore.

Even the locally products we have here are being neglected, or should I say they are doing it on purpose to continue importing products for their own benefits and us to suffer to the price hike of every single products here in my country.

There's no hope anymore, we never learn I guess, we're always voting politicians that has bad records just because they promised something good during their campaigns. God bless us all.

Its situation happening in my country Indonesian right now, government stop importing rice from outside countries and we are facing with price suddenly pump around 10% last several days. Supply and demand is important thing when local harvested with small amount and close import from other country make us difficult with small supply but higher demand. Still not get conclusion current price of rice up suddenly and our government not try to open import or not trough rice keep in higher price almost last a week.

Corrupt politician have impact why rice stopping import and they will make whales with rice up suddenly until have decision to open import and make rice back to normal price.

[Comingdown]

yes it is also increasing here in the philippines. Honestly, it is very difficult to budget your money, especially when you know that there is not enough because the prices will increase so much.
I think the price of rice here increases almost every day, but you can't do anything because you're just an ordinary person whose salary is only at the minimum. But I somehow manage to survive every day, maybe because of the extra work, so I also save a little money somehow

In this day and age, I think you really need to work hard if you want to survive because I think the prices that have increased will not go down, but I hope not

[teosanru]

Since August in my country, the price of food, especially food staples such as wheat, rice and others, has experienced a very high price increase. This was apparently caused by the ongoing drought. Which makes several areas of plantations and rice fields fail to harvest due to lack of availability of water to water the plants. And this makes food stocks in the market start to run low from time to time. And yes, the price hike ensued. Rice prices here have even increased by around 9-10 percent in the last month in my area. And I'm afraid the increase will continue. Because many residents are starting to talk that if the drought continues longer then it is feared that the increase will occur higher and faster. For farmers, it can be said that currently they are getting big profits because they can sell agricultural products at high prices. but for ordinary citizens who do not have agricultural land, the current food prices really make them tight.

The residents' economic sector has actually begun to recover and improve in the past few months. But because at this time there was another spike in prices again, it made the people around me start to complain again about the current economy.

But I was wondering if this only happened in my country or in your country too?

I think this is the very basic aspect of CPI (Consumer price Index). And if you see the CPI as well of the almost every country it's too high. And moreover specifically if you see the food prices they have gone double or even triple in past 2-3 years, infact even seasonal fluctuations of vegetables prices is too much that is also not a very good sign.

[Pierre 2]

We are experiencing huge food inflation in my country Türkiye. There are many different reasons for including domestic issues. But Russia-Ukraine war also badly affected it as we were probably importing oil from Ukraine. Grain deal is also known by many people obviously. I think covid badly affected food prices because of lowered production in any sectors existing. I think global food prices are not getting anything worse anymore, its getting bit better. But anyways our population (all humankind) is too high in my opinion.

[lizarder]

Rising prices of daily essentials now seems to be an international problem as the prices of daily necessities are rising unabated in every country of the world. Not only food prices are increasing but every commodity is increasing in price. The price of fuel oil or edible oil has almost doubled from what it used to be at a normal price. Not only the price of goods has increased, but also the government has increased the amount of VAT on every item, due to which common people have to think a lot and plan to buy any item now. The common man wants the world to be normal and the prices of essential commodities and the prices of fuel and edible oil to return to normal.

Almost all parts of the world are currently experiencing price hikes for basic necessities and this problem continues with the instability of local people's income to buy all necessities. Ironically, drinking wages never went up after the price of basic necessities went up, which made it so difficult for the people to fulfill them. For the common people the increase in all commodities will greatly affect them, especially when talking about fulfilling the right to life which is directly related to the price of basic needs and now some are unable to go through increasingly severe conditions.

Some observers say that a solution is available if a small community has the desire to fulfill basic needs individually. Utilizing vacant land in the yard of the house is one solution as a short term option, but if the government does not try to provide solutions evenly, then the concept offered by observers will not work as expected. So there must be a long-term solution to overcome this problem and the government has a responsibility to solve this problem.

[Unbunplease]

The rise in food prices is not connected with any serious crisis. In my opinion, it is all being done artificially. Perhaps it is some kind of international cartel conspiracy. There is a lot of food produced. The situation with the rise in food prices is clearly not without the interference of politicians.

[Blowon]

well it's always increasing. In a year, according to my calculations, food prices increase more often than they decrease. Usually, at least a year, food prices can increase up to two to three times on big holidays, such as holidays and New Year. Unfortunately, almost no media covered the announcement of the reduction in basic food prices.

[Captain Corporate]

Recently it seems like it has stabilized a bit maybe? I am not entirely sure but it looks like its doing much better. This is what we absolutely needed, the inflation was so high that everyone was having a harder time, we are still having harder time but at the end of the day we are going to eventually slow down and that was expected, inflation can't go on forever and we can't just make the prices go up every single day. So its slowing down a bit, seems like there are still some increases but its not as bad as it used to be and I think it should be doing fine. Hopefully, everything gets better from here on out, that would make things much easier for us in the future.

[Cling18]

The prices of basic food in our country are continuously increasing. Rice, eggs, vegetables, and meat are now reaching a high price. That's the reason why people prefer buying unhealthy food just to save. These days, an average worker here in our country only earns enough to sustain their daily living. Life is a survival race here in our country because of the inflation crisis.
That's the reason why having a single job wouldn't be enough for most of us to afford what we need and to live a comfortable living. Everything is getting really expensive each day and we have no choice but to deal with it since complaining won't help any better.

[uneng]

well it's always increasing. In a year, according to my calculations, food prices increase more often than they decrease. Usually, at least a year, food prices can increase up to two to three times on big holidays, such as holidays and New Year. Unfortunately, almost no media covered the announcement of the reduction in basic food prices.

Hardly ever the prices of some products decrease after a year time period. And even when it happens, the prices of other basic products we also need are raised considerably, increasing our expenses in every cases. The situation is never favourable for the customer, besides the fact the raises in minimum wage are also purely aesthetics. There is no real increasement in purchasing power.

Also, notice the quality of products being sold decreasing year after year. Raw materials used are weak, have no endurance and in case of food there are less nutrients and taste. Our electronics break more often, our food doesn't taste like decades ago and our clothes and accessories don't last intact for more than 2 or 3 usages.

When we think about it, I don't see progress at all...

[Hispo]

I think food here has increased but not as much as in other countries, specially in Europe and the United States.
A kilogram of flour was about 1$ here and one can expect it to find it around 1,1$ or so. Still that is one of the cheapest things one can buy here, because how common and important maize flour is for families here.

On the other hand, imported goods have increased more, but I would dare to say it has more to do with the increase of taxation on importation than pure inflation.
When considering inflation here one needs to talk in terms of USA dollars, otherwise the answer would be yes to everything, since our local currency has suffered a constant loss of value since I can recall. I think it has been 20 years already.