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A family of five engages in sewing bread baskets on the streets of the Arat Kilo area. Bread is slowly becoming a mainstay of the Ethiopian diet as the price of a quintal of teff skyrocketed to twice its price at 10,000 Br per quintal this year. Long queues at state-subsidized Sheger chain of bakeries are a common sight in the capital where a loaf of bread sells for close to half its market price at 2.50 Br. As the government sets ambitions goal of becoming a net exporter of wheat this year, several millers and manufacturers who use it as an input claim that the grain has become a rare commodity on factory floors.

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