Rising food prices are not helping Ethiopian farmers also the Ethiopian government is hampering the process to aid the farmers. . These two links will be an eye opener as to why the farmers fail to benefit from rising food prices globally.
http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&title=what_s_wrong_with_ethiopia_s_exchange_by&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&title=ethiopia_defies_all_common_sense_reason_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0506/p01s06-woaf.html

Most rural dwellers are leaving their homes and going to the city for a improve standard of living by doing so it has cause an influx of people.Their is even a more high demand for food and the prices for food have increase.
There are more malnourished children. Farmers themselves are exploited by the merchants in the city,there are no rules and regulations which govern the trade between farmers and merchants so in most case the farmers take what they receive.
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79980

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