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Bangladeshis told "eat potatoes" as rice prices soar
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Reuters Canada
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May 13, 2008
DHAKA (Reuters) - Potatoes are not traditionally high on the menu for Bangladesh's 140 million people, but a surge in rice and wheat prices has prompted the government to popularize the humble spud as a substitute food. 'Think potato, grow potato and eat potato,' was the main slogan of a three-day p...
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