Price monitoring and analysis country brief - Lesotho
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Maize meal prices spiked in September and October, but declined in December; wheat and rice prices remained almost stable throughout the year. As a result of the poor cereal harvest in 2011, the number of persons in need of food assistance is estimated to be 514,000 along the whole 2011/12 marketing year. Insufficient rains during the first half of the 2011/12 agricultural season followed by heavy rains and floods caused extensive losses to the agricultural sector. The Government togethe r with international agencies supports production and assists the most vulnerable, through social safety nets.