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Sierra Leone loves rice and wants to free itself from imports. But how to do it?

Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world's highest consumption rates. But as prices soar, consumers are giving up on other food to buy it.

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Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world’s highest consumption rates. But as prices soar, consumers are giving up on other food to buy it. The U.N. says that’s why most of the country’s population is suffering from food insecurity. Experts blame the soaring prices on a heavy reliance on imports. It’s a problem throughout West Africa, which has an ancient rice-growing tr…

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone. Unless a meal includes rice, people say, you haven't eaten at all.

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Rice-loving Sierra Leone wants to free itself from imports. But how?

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone. Unless a meal includes rice, people say, you haven’t eaten at all. But as prices soar, consumers in the West African nation are giving up other food to buy it. That’s a major reason why 83% of the population is food insecure, according to the U.N.’s World Food Program. In the capital, Freetown, 28-year-old nail technician Anima Mangola dug into rice with stewed cassava lea…

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone. Unless a meal includes rice, people say, you haven’t eaten at all. But as prices soar, consumers in the West African nation are giving up other food to buy it. That's a major reason why 83% of the population is food insecure, according to the U.N.’s World Food Program. In the capital, Freetown, 28-year-old nail technician Anima Mangola dug into rice with stewed cassava lea…

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Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world's highest consumption rates.

Rice-loving Sierra Leone wants to free itself from imports. But how?

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