Inflation In Africa - please treasure the food

The "biscuit" from the yellow soil exposed to the sun has become the main food of the day.

Sold at the market.

The New China network on January 31 : During the lunch time, Zha Lun· Du
Ma did not eat the rice, the bread flour and the vegetables, only could
eat a kind local made putty biscuit to appease hunger .
According to the Associated Press on 30th reported that, along with the
rapid rise of the food price, family like Du Ma who live like at the slum
area, could not afford to but a plate of rice daily. Thus, the yellow soil
"biscuit" becomes their main food.

This kind of putty biscuit is made from the clay, salt and the vegetables
oil or the margarine, Haiti people call it as "the special thunder",
price 5 cents.

The local merchant transports with the truck one kind of unique soil from
the middle mountainous area to each place market in trades. After the
women purchase the soil, they processes the soil to the biscuit at the
neighbor workshop.

They bring the barrel of the soil to the roof top, selecting out the stone
and the caking soil, then the soil is mixed with the salt and oil.
Afterwards, they pinch the soil into a small cake shape under the hot sun.
The processed biscuit is bring to the market for selling.

An Associated Press reporter has tasted one "the special thunder". He
said that, this kind of biscuit feeling in the mouth "exquisite", has a
moist taste. After eating for several hours, the taste of unendurable
soil flavor is still staying in the mouth.

In Haiti , the soil of manufactur ing "special thunder" often serves
by the pregnant woman and the child ren as the anti-acid supplement and
calcium fortifying food.

American Colorado State University immunology Professor Gerald · Callaghan
believed that, the pregnant woman eat the soil can strengthen the womb
embryo's immunity, to resist disease. But parasite and toxin in the
soil also can cause fatal influence to the human body. Local doctor said
that, the long-term dependence on putty biscuit can cause the
malnutrition and the diarrhea.

Haiti is one of the of poorest country in the world, 80% of the
population average earn less than two US dollars per person . Eating of
the putty biscuit is due to the recent ris ing of the food price.

The Associated Press said, the global staple food price is rising. This
situation is more obvious in countries located at Caribbean Sea island
especially in Haiti . These countries depends on the grain import, so the
national food price has risen nearly 40%.

In Haiti 's Lhasa forest slum area, two cups of rice cost 60 cents,
compared with last December, it rise up 10 cents, compared with 1 year
ago, it rise up 50%. Even the putty biscuit price also has rise up,
luckily it is still belonging to the group of inexpensively "food".