Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables

Around the world food prices are still persistently, painfully, and puzzlingly high, write Paul Wiseman and Evelyne Musambi

A supporter of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga holds a food bowl in the air as a symbol of anger over rising food prices at a recent rally in Nairobi. Picture: AP Photo/Brian Inganga

A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. 

Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly go vegetarian, dropping beef and chicken from their diets because they can no longer afford meat.