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Publication | 2022

GIEWS Updates: Sri Lanka: Record prices constrain households’ access to main staple foods, January 2022

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights

  • Prices of cereals and other imported basic food products started to surge in September 2021 and reached record highs in January 2022.

  • Price increases are mainly driven by a significant depreciation of the national currency.

  • The high prices have negatively affected the ability of vulnerable households to access food.